Re: quick question

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You should not send in such nice quotes without giving a more precise
source so that I can steal them.>
> ..............
>
> "From a rhetorical standpoint, a description is a verbal representation of
> some object to some audience, such that the speaker is able to change the
> audience's attitude toward the object without changing the object itself.
> Thus, the trick for any would-be describer is to contain the effects of
> her discourse so that the object remains intact once her discourse is
> done. In descriptions of human behavior, this is often very difficult to
> manage, as the people being described, once informed of the description,
> may become upset and proceed to subvert the describer's authority." [Steve
> Fuller]
>
>
> "'perceptual fault lines' run through apparently stable communities that
> appear to have agreed on basic institutions and structures and on general
> governing rules. Consent comes apart in battles of description. Consent
> comes apart over whose stories to tell." [Kim Scheppele]

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Michael Perelman
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California State University
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