tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post3410600099079841097..comments2024-03-23T04:01:39.348-04:00Comments on Understanding Society: Business interests and democracyDan Littlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15953897221283103880noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-1645305270870558422010-02-28T23:09:08.165-05:002010-02-28T23:09:08.165-05:00there is, I guess, a third line of defense: the co...there is, I guess, a third line of defense: the communication...it appears that the first "battle" for democracy was lost because of "communicational problems": the big business and the neoliberal ideology associated with it succeeded to gain the minds by using clear and simple language, good writing, commercial publishing, by reaching influential audiences, and especially, by selling conventional-wisdom-smashing ideas ( see for example O'Connor, Alice “The Privatized City: The Manhattan Institute, the Urban Crisis, and the Conservative Counterrevolution in New York”, Journal of Urban History 2008 34: 333-353)... in contrast, the liberal's language was at best unclear and confuse, on the one hand, or extremist and anti-american (the Noam Chomsky case)... scholars also have a big responsibility and moral guilt: they were acting in their Ivory Towers and, for the most time, neglected the general public...there is a big hope, with the rise of Public Sociology and the increasing understanding, between social scientists that public may and can be regained, that democracy will be secured...vitalie sprinceanahttp://www.spranceana.com/noreply@blogger.com