The organized-or-not question misleads mafia scholarship
Evidence
On this view scholars are not locked in combat over some universal truth but united in society: “persons whose paths through life have fallen together, united by civility rather than by a common goal, much less a common ground” (p. 318). — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 333 (
#responds-to, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Mafia organizational structure is not governed by any ineluctable dynamic; Scholarship is a civil conversation rather than a contest over truth — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 333
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Broader Connections
- Mafia organizational structure is not governed by any ineluctable dynamic
#expands(0.85) - Scholarship is a civil conversation rather than a contest over truth
#responds-to(0.75) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 333