Re: virus: Re: Virus: Sociological Change

zaimoni@ksu.edu
Tue, 21 Jan 1997 13:17:12 -0600 (CST)


On Wed, 15 Jan 1997 jonesr@gatwick.geco-prakla.slb.com wrote:

> Kenneth Boyd wrote:
>
> > I'm not aware of an instance of this "state of nature",
>
> Essentiall, today, there is none. The closest you'll probably get is something
> like the Indiginous people's of places such as South America. Even so, they
> have their own form of society. It's kind of a theoretical thing used by
> political theorists to describe the state of man at his absolute beginnings
> as a species.
>
> > so it's useless
> > operationally.
>
> Yup, but people like Rousseau threaten a return to the state of nature if
> there are any violations of their theory model.
>
> > Except to demonstrate its extreme instability, which
> > excludes it as a governmental form--such as anarchy, or anarchic-style
> > government.
>
> Yes.

Ah. Rousseau's perceived threat is null and void? What methodology
theoretically enables it?

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