tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247593408250639167.post4988903927166253794..comments2022-04-07T18:29:36.471-07:00Comments on Pup Emrys: “That woo-woo shit”Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247593408250639167.post-86210528833454898352012-06-22T15:32:36.731-07:002012-06-22T15:32:36.731-07:00Usually we use “mythology” to mean stories about G...Usually we use “mythology” to mean stories about Greek gods and heroes… but among anthropologists and sociologists it has a broader meaning. The “mythology” of a culture includes those stories, symbols, legends, hero-figures, rituals, important places, ect. that inform the outlook and behavior of members of that culture. Among hip-hop culture, for instance, the mythology includes “heroes” like Biggie and Tupac, legends about the origins of the Bloods and the Crips, rituals like getting jumped-in, symbols ranging from gang signs to saggy pants, and so on.<br /><br />The mythology informs the culture’s paradigm. A paradigm is basically the way members of that culture see the world… how they interpret what is going on and what is supposed to happen, and who’s right and who’s wrong, etc.<br /><br />At FEA, on of the panelists, made the almost off-hand suggestion that in our modern, Western culture the organizing mythology is capitalist economics. It’s all about upward mobility. The “heretics,” he added, are the poor… those who have been left behind by (or opted out of) this upper-middle-class mythology and are left searching for other stories, heroes, symbols, and rituals to organize around.Pup Emryshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09579313056552276095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247593408250639167.post-41849745309781253102012-06-21T09:04:45.013-07:002012-06-21T09:04:45.013-07:00Tejon looks amazing! It makes me want one. Unfortu...Tejon looks amazing! It makes me want one. Unfortunately, if I get a pet, it has to be under 20 pounds. :(<br /><br />I'm not exactly sure what you mean by your idea on Western Cultures Mythology. Could you elaborate?The Wardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00008269907356586796noreply@blogger.com