http://marctyrrell.com/2008/05/13/the-value-of-cultural-knowledge/ Being in the main the musings of a Symbolic Anthropologist Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:45:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://marctyrrell.com/2008/05/13/the-value-of-cultural-knowledge/#comment-11 On the “value” of culture « Salül Mon, 26 May 2008 13:40:29 +0000 http://marctyrrell.com/?p=27#comment-11 [...] the “value” of culture Herewith a link to this discussion , and its associated site, which I was recently alerted to by the feed at Savage Minds. I may [...] [...] the “value” of culture Herewith a link to this discussion , and its associated site, which I was recently alerted to by the feed at Savage Minds. I may [...]

]]> http://marctyrrell.com/2008/05/13/the-value-of-cultural-knowledge/#comment-10 Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog » Around the Web Mon, 26 May 2008 03:45:24 +0000 http://marctyrrell.com/?p=27#comment-10 [...] Values/Values of Culture: This pithy post at In Harmonium takes issue with the utilitarian underpinnings of many current (broad? public?) discussions on the [...] [...] Values/Values of Culture: This pithy post at In Harmonium takes issue with the utilitarian underpinnings of many current (broad? public?) discussions on the [...]

]]> http://marctyrrell.com/2008/05/13/the-value-of-cultural-knowledge/#comment-5 Iraq » The Value of Cultural Knowledge Tue, 13 May 2008 19:56:29 +0000 http://marctyrrell.com/?p=27#comment-5 [...] In Harmonium: Being in the main the musings of a Symbolic Anthropologist wrote an interesting post today on The Value of Cultural KnowledgeHere’s a quick excerpt For the past several years, we have been inundated with arguments about “the value of cultural knowledge”. I want to make a couple of points about this “value”. Knowledge of culture, what it is, how it operates and how we as humans construct it, goes well beyond the use value that is often assumed to be the basis for measuring value. Not that I have anything in particular against Jeremy Bentham and the utilitarians, indeed, I quite like some of John Stuart Mill’s work, but there is more to the [...] [...] In Harmonium: Being in the main the musings of a Symbolic Anthropologist wrote an interesting post today on The Value of Cultural KnowledgeHere’s a quick excerpt For the past several years, we have been inundated with arguments about “the value of cultural knowledge”. I want to make a couple of points about this “value”. Knowledge of culture, what it is, how it operates and how we as humans construct it, goes well beyond the use value that is often assumed to be the basis for measuring value. Not that I have anything in particular against Jeremy Bentham and the utilitarians, indeed, I quite like some of John Stuart Mill’s work, but there is more to the [...]

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