Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g4K1kTO17972; Sun, 19 May 2002 21:46:30 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 21:46:30 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <11c.115e7cce.2a19aeb3@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: DEBBYDAM@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:808] The politics of Hard and Soft Science X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 10504 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_11c.115e7cce.2a19aeb3_boundary" Status: O Content-Length: 1327 Lines: 19 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Re our ongoing discussion of the privileging of some reserach over others, I suggest reading the New York Times Op-Ed piece today, Sunday 5/19 by Orlando Patterson. A well respected sociologist, Patterson laments the omission of culture, art and politics from those who operate under the intellectual misconception that the human sciences can be exactly like natural sciences. Worth reading, by a scholar on issues of race and class in the Caribbean. DD
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