Sandwichman wrote: > The problem with bourgeois statistics is not that they are bourgeois > but that ANY set of statistics can necessarily only give a limited > perspective on the underlying reality.
right, but that's not a problem with "bourgeois statistics." Instead, it's a problem with a single-minded obsession with statistics over qualitative information. Further, this single-mindedness is characteristic of capitalism itself: the normal workings of the system tend to reduce everything to dollars & cents, a one-dimensional number. Of course, there are also some "naturally" quantitative phenomena, such as the number of people working for pay or the number of hours worked per day (or week, or year...) These aren't quite natural, since it presumes that there's a hard-and-fast distinction between "work" and "play." But capitalism as a system tends to force that distinction on real people. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
