Everyday political avoidance is active communicative work, not mere apathy
Evidence
If it’s not something that [pause] e¡ects [pause] my [pause] family, I don’t see [pause] me [pause] doing it. [Speeds up] And-I-mean-of-course-nuclear-warcould-a¡ect-my [chuckles] family. But I still don’t ^ if it’s not local, I mean, I’m more ^ maybe it’s small-minded. — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”, 1
Categorization
- corroborated: 5 independent passages support this claim — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”: The work of avoiding…, 1
- XREF: connects to: Avoiding politics is itself an active cultural performance, not a mere absence of participation. — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”: The work of avoiding…, 52; Avoiding political talk is cultural convention, not natural human urge. — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”: The work of avoiding…, 101; Ideology is actively created by people, not passively received from above. (+3 more)
Related
- Avoiding politics is itself an active cultural performance, not a mere absence of participation. (similarity 0.86)
- Avoiding political talk is cultural convention, not natural human urge. (similarity 0.84)
- Avoidance of hard topics is tacit cultural practice rather than a conscious decision. (similarity 0.81)
- Citizens express political ideas privately yet avoid public political engagement (similarity 0.81)
- Proximity to danger does not make people politically active. (similarity 0.80)
- Political disengagement is socially produced in conversation, not just held in beliefs (similarity 0.80)
- Avoiding politics is not rooted in ideological faith in systems working (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Avoiding politics is itself an active cultural performance, not a mere absence of participation.
#corroborates(0.92) — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”, 52 - Avoiding political talk is cultural convention, not natural human urge.
#corroborates(0.78) — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”, 101 - Ideology is actively created by people, not passively received from above.
#corroborates(0.72)