There is hardly a better prescription for dreaming of suicide, by cities,
persons or ideoligies, than comfortable success and lack of a need
to struggle to survive.
The invention of the Third World brand came from the mental laziness
non-western intellectuals and political ideolgues grown soft
Andreas,
Thank you for bringing up again the fundamental issues raised by Rana's
essay. My own immediate response to her exchange with Ben was
intemperate; so you have given me another chance to be more reasoned.
The main demographic event of the last half-century was the rise of
Third World
dear rana,
though i am neither well-travelled in the third world and its
metropolises, nor a student of their socio-economies, i would like to
raise some questions with regard to your thought-provoking article.
the hypothesis (the Third-World metropolis is becoming the symbol of
the new) is
On 24/03/06, Keith Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But I truly wonder where Benjamin got the material for his riposte
Mostly from listening to Egyptians.
Where do you get your information on Bolivian politics?The Guardian?
I admit I'm far from knowledgeable about Bolivia, but what brought it
On 23/03/06, Rana Dasgupta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
THE SUDDEN STARDOM OF THE THIRD-WORLD CITY
I think you have a point about Westerners' changing perceptions, but
perhaps you ought to have mentioned the vast gulf between those
commodified images and the ways many who live in third-world
