Symbolic Violence and Beyond Comments

by: viosym

Wed, 19 Apr 2006 22:14:08 +0100

Martin, many thanks for Hegel’s quote! I think some, if not all, philosophers do try to learn swimming without get their feet wet.So their understanding of swimming, I guest, basically comes from having baths and the like–they are metaphors. No wonders philosophers like and live with metaphors. That’s how they make a living:-)

Yes, the best way to probe into this world is to be engaged with it! (Chenwei)

by: Martin Dumas

Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:36:34 +0100

cf Hegel’s critic of Kant (who was trying to divide instrumental knowledge from reality as it is): “…to seek to know before we know is as absurd as the wise resolution of Scholasticus, not to venture into the water until he had learned to swim”. Let’s then plunge boldly into the stream!

by: Emily

Mon, 03 Apr 2006 10:24:26 +0100

Im waiting for your next text so long..”)

by: Martin Dumas

Sun, 12 Mar 2006 16:33:59 +0000

Is it just a dream?!

“In a way, this is to concede an important point to the advocates of CSR [corporate social responsibility]. Capitalism does function on top of, and one way or another is moulded by, prevailing popular opinion. [T]he conditions that must be satisfied if capitalism is to serve the public good are not trivial. A comprehending and supportive climate of opinion must be added to the list. That is why the battle of ideas matters so much.”

The Economist, January 22-28, 2005.

by: viosym

Fri, 06 Jan 2006 01:24:28 +0000

Peng, I agree that Wikipedia so far has not yet been contaminated by virus of the omnipotent market, but it can hardly guarantee itself permanently immune from it in the future. Let’s keep fingers crossed. I find the discussion triggered by Larry Sanger who argued “why Wikipedia need jettison elitism” is also very interesting. Cultural populism and so-called “semiotic freedom” (a buzzword these days) might well go hand in hand.
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/12/30/142458/25

by: viosym

Fri, 06 Jan 2006 01:01:47 +0000

Thanks mars, I have set up an identical site at http://viosym.wordpress.com/ which you can gain access anywhere:-)

by: Peng

Thu, 05 Jan 2006 21:52:55 +0000

I like wikipedia!
I think sometimes people worry too much about new technologies and ways of doing things. 162 errors is nothing compared to the enormous amount of info Wikipedia provide. Moreover, they have only three employees working! The whole website largely replies on voluntary work. Its non-capital-dominant motivation is the whole point, I think!

by: Colette

Wed, 21 Dec 2005 16:48:00 +0000

Thanks for the thoughtful post. You can learn more about how to survive a rss-feed hijacking at this article written by my client at Vegan.com: http://vegan.com/issues/2005/podjacking.pdf.

by: Colette

Wed, 21 Dec 2005 16:45:16 +0000

Thanks for helping to make the community aware of one of the pitfalls of rss. My client at Vegan.com has also published an article (http://vegan.com/issues/2005/podjacking.pdf) that gives some very practical strategies to dealing with the hijacker. One good tip he offers is to not contact the hijacker until you’ve announced on your own podcast that some listeners may be listening through an unauthorized feed, and announced the correct feed. Tell listeners that the unauthorized feed(s) may be discontinued any day. Also, it’s a good idea to include your copyright notice verbally in the podcast, along with any sort of licensing of your podcast — like licenses under Creative Commons (www.creativecommons.org). Doing these things will protect you because if the hijacker doesn’t agree to work with you to minimize the disruption for the listeners on the authorized feed, you’ve at least given the listeners some notice that they need to check their feed and subscribe to the official feed.

by: mars

Wed, 21 Dec 2005 16:29:13 +0000

Congraduations!!!
hum, I like this new site you build =)
Its clean and unique. Very reliable tone.
But I am just worried about in the future, back in China, I may not able to access to blogsome…