>On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, kelley wrote:
>
> > but if all the S-W is saying is that language delimits and shapes our ways
> > of thinking, etc, then no-duh -- all human social practices and
> > institutions inevitably and must do so.
> >
>
>Perhaps this is the assumption that is not being made explicit here:
>language is a social practice! You sound a little bored with the
>sociological imagination kel
not at all
>--it consistently amazes me how much
>of human existence is shaped by social structures rather than
>simply individuals' motivations and personalities.
but i should think it should be unremarkable for leftists to get this. i'm bored with continually finding that some do not see this, often in the interest of shoring up some petty disagreement.
kells
>Anti-humanist as ever,
>
>Miles