>>>>>>>>>>As for those social so-called "sciences"... c'mon. They'd be doing the same thing they are doing anyway, just to a different tune.
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>>>>>>>>>Hey, watch it... I have a Master's degree in Sociology...
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>>>>>>>>But you probably got it in the U.S. or some other such parochial venue. ;)
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>>>>>>>Actually, I received my degree from the University of Turku, Finland.
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>>>>>>American prof perhaps? Or maybe one of the other students was from the U.S.?
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>>>>>Neither. I had great professors (all Finns), half of them influenced by "Western" theories (Weber, Durkheim, Parsons...) and half of them influenced by Socialist/Communist theories (Marx, Engels, ...) But there was quite a few original Finnish thinking and theories as well (Eskola, Allardt, ...) No U.S. students anywhere to be seen at least in our department at that time.
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>>>>Well, I give up then. I don't know why you aren't in complete accord with Dragan's thinking. ;)
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>>>Did you read correspondence between Engels and Kautsky?
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>>No, I haven't. I'm aware of who they were and of their friendship, but I've not read their correspondences. Although, my whole thrust of replies to Pertti was in jest, aimed at Dragan's seeming distrust of anything western. I figured if they weren't agreeing on something, then it must be because there was some western influence in Pertti's thinking.
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>I am sorry, Alan. It was a joke, somehow related to the discussion, but, unfortunately, I forgot that only Russian-speaking person could get it.

My curse. I have the surname, but not the lingo. It's unfortunate that my parents didn't speak to us in their parents' tongues. I'd be able to speak English (well, as well as I do now anyway), Russian and Yiddish.