8 Feb
2001
8 Feb
'01
4:18 p.m.
----- Original Message ----- From: Iain Coleman ijc@bas.ac.uk
On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Fiona Moore wrote:
Erm, excuse me? I *was* talking about contemporary societies, or at
least
societies contemporary with Popper. Just because something's
"primitive,"
doesn't mean it's historical.
I beg your pardon. However, I was referring to Communist Russia.
Iain
But Steven brought up Popper in a discussion of primitive societies, with the evident implication that primitive societies tended to be "closed." My bad if I misread that.
Fiona
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