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Thread #167340 Message #4035183
Posted By: Jim Carroll
20-Feb-20 - 07:12 AM
Thread Name: Mediation and its definition in folk music
Subject: RE: Mediation and its definition in folk music
"Sharpian mode as opposed to Marxist mode."
What a stupid generalism - I take it this is another gem from Harker
Politically, Bert was a very private man - his politics never surfaced in his work with folksong
Epithets like this are really not helpful
You people appear to make it up as you go along
The cliché "class struggle" was typical of Harker's half-digested Trotskyism - he appeared not to know too much about him either
Jim Carroll