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Originally Posted by Ea
You used it earlier so I thought you'd already noticed my use of it. I was quite serious though. I meant it to signify the affluent middle class, which you also refer to ("privileged" to me mean rich/upper-class, hence the awkward construction)
Yes. We are talking about the same group - though I perhaps was thinking specifically of the middle class as they are by far the larger group. As far as I can see, that group is significantly larger today than, say, 50 years ago. I wondered if Sig. Galimberti & Friends took that into account or how he explains it.
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I will have to look into it more in details. I have a recent book of him that bears on this. It deals with the effects (mostly subtly pernicious) of what he calls "nihilism" on youth. it is in Italian and the title is "l' ospite inquietante, il nichilismo e i giovani". (2007). if I find a translation in one of your languages I will ... do something about it.
If I do not find anything useful there, i would have to follow the names of his European friends.
My impression is that this kind of differential sociological analysis is well beyond the scopes of this people, admirable as they are.
We might apply for a grant from some of the Agencies and go on a trip to the Hawaii to gather evidence on the field. Do you know some influential Viking?
I am sure that our record of MR posting will do a good showing in the curricula for the grant application.
