Re: marx/weber,activity/action

smagor who-is-at aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu
Wed, 3 Apr 96 06:52:18 -0600

Mike, could you explain this fault line in greater detail? Those of use
who've used these terms interchangeably need to be straightened out!

Thanks, Peter

At 07:28 PM 4/2/96 -0800, you wrote:
>
>Keith-- Yes, the Russians distinguish action and activity with two
>distinctive words, but they argue a lot about the properties of the
>lexical spaces and their presumptive references. The tension between
>those who talk mediated action and those who talk mediated activity
>is one of the recurrently important fault lines in this area of
>discourse.
>mike cole
>
>
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