Thursday, November 06, 2008
Diverse Communities: The Problem with Social Capital
Diverse Communities: The Problem with Social Capital by Barbara Arneil
I started reading this in bed thinking that it would aid me in nodding off. Far from it, I was awake until 2am reading and then for at least another hour thinking with the lights off as I tried to sleep.
Now that I’ve finished it, I think that anyone who has read or is considering reading Putnam’s Bowling Alone should pair it with this very respectfully challenging and insightful critique.
My only complaint is that in all of Arneil’s urging for new forms of community to be considered, she fails to touch on the idea of mediated communities.
