Andy Helena Worthen wrote:
Andy -- Actually, I'm not sure what "societal meaning" is, or even if it's not a misuse of the post-fix (like prefix?) "-al" to make up a new word. But I took it from the quote from Manfred. "Meaning" -- sure, I can agree that meaning implies interpretation. Then does "societal" mean "the meaning to a society" -- in the sense of what role a bank plays in a society? And I guess that in one sense that role is established by regulations and laws. Which are pretty contested right now in the US, right? I see they're putting the heat on some top players in the financial industry these days.HelenaOn 3/30/13 4:30 PM, "Raquel Guzzo" <rguzzo@mpc.com.br> wrote:Raquel S. L. Guzzo Pos-Graduação em Psicologia Centro de Ciências da Vida Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas rguzzo@puc-campinas.edu.br rguzzo@pq.cnpq.br rguzzo@mpc.com.br On 30 Mar 2013, at 20:21, Andy Blunden wrote:So what can be meant by "societal meaning" then, Helena? Material objects (such as the bank building, and the various human bodies involved, and books and ledgers, coins, etc.) are "societal" in the sense of being universal. But "meaning" implies to me an act of "interpretation" of material objects, something particular. And if the Politburo is not there to ascribe the one societal meaning to material things/processes/events, what on Earth can "societal meaning" be? Andy Helena Worthen wrote:... Before this gets too long, I'll just say that I agree, there is no omniscient observer to tell us what the "societal meaning" of something is. In fact, if Manfred and I were standing in line at that bank where this happened, it might be fun for us to compare our "personal sense" of what we saw.Helena__________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca__________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca
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