[lbo-talk] David Harvey v. Brad DeLong

[Miles Jackson]

Philip Pilkington wrote:
> First off, a better way to classify these "cognitive types" would be those
> who fall within the category of people intent on a sort of domination
> through reason/rationality (the "low tolerance" type) and those who wish to
> use reason/rationality for creativity (the "at ease with ambiguity" type).
> Lets say, very provisionally, "controllers" and "constructionists".
>
> Secondly, I think that, although these two "types" certainly exist, one is
> wrong. Namely, the "controllers". As long as these people are willing to
> take empirical data into account they can, quite categorically, be proved
> wrong. How? By pointing to the obvious fact that different cultures have
> different levels of each type - the US, for example, has a very high ratio
> of "controllers", while France has a higher ratio of "constructionists".
> This must mean that the very CONSTRUCTION of these types is cultural
> and....... that's right: historical.
--And even further: the classification of people into stable personality 
"types" is itself a sociocultural construction.

Miles