judy asks
>I don't understand how collective action can be possible if inidividual
>participants can't negotiate their positions; I don't understand how
>negotiation is possible if meaning isn't recognized as more than
>referential
capitalism undermines collective action. that's why Tiannamen Square was
possible.
that's how the Serbs were able to oust their dictator. collective
investment in the outcomes.
capitalism undermines the investments in the outcomes. socialist economies
change the collective's relations to authority - produces different
relations with democratic processes.
when the outcome of the action matters more than individual positions,
collective action becomes possible.
diane
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:point where everything listens.
and i slow down, learning how to
enter - implicate and unspoken (still) heart-of-the-world.
(Daphne Marlatt, "Coming to you")
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diane celia hodges
university of british columbia, centre for the study of curriculum and
instruction
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university of colorado, denver, school of education
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