Berube v. CS | The Blogora

Submitted by Jim Aune on September 27, 2009 - 4:31pm

Brad DeLong notes the foodfight between folks at UC-Davis Cultural Studies and Berube. Having jettisoned everything else Marxist, under stress CS reverts to the vulgar Marxist tactic of questioning an opponent's political motives. And Berube responds. Another case of Bourdieu's law: academics create opponents in order to enhance their symbolic capital and provide something for the next generation to write about.

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Bourdieu's Law

Submitted by slewfoot on September 27, 2009 - 11:34pm.

"Same as it ever was" [head slap] "Same as it ever was" [head slap]. Rinse. Repeat. "In the Beginning Was the Error." Rinse. Repeat.

Submitted by slewfoot on September 27, 2009 - 11:47pm.

I read the unicorns and Berube's response. Unicorns are saying Berube overgeneralizes (which is true). But the bottom line is just that: dude is pushing a book, corns want jobs. Dems not political motives, dey economic. Er. Uh . . . Ok. Right. I see your point.