----- Original Message ----- From: Una McCormack una@q-research.connectfree.co.uk
To judge by the social-Darwinist view of society put forward in
"Terminal,"
I'd say all of the social sciences are pretty much up the creek in the Federation.
Not to mention the class gradings. I think bits of psychology would have
done OK
under the Federation, mostly the stuff related to interrogation techniques
and
controlling behaviour (although they do seem to do most of that with
drugs).
Much as it flourished in McCarthyite America.
Interestingly, anthropology actually did fairly well under the Soviet Union-- although mainly the bits concerned with ethnicity and the expression of identity (the Soviet regime having been, according to the anthropologists there with whom I have spoken, very interested in exploring the internal diversity of the Union).
Fiona
The Posthumous Memoirs of Secretary Rontane Available for public perusal at http://nyder.r67.net
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