Wed, 12 Oct 1994 21:18:56 -0700 for <socgrad@ucsd>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 21:18:55 -0700
From: Laura Miller <lmiller@weber.ucsd.edu>
To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU
Subject: individualism
As sociologists, I find it very odd that some here are talking about "just
being yourself."  Since, while we all have unique biographies, I think
sociology challenges the notion that the individual has some true inner
core, free from outside influences.  This is not to say that I'm not
also interested in fads and fashions disguised as individual statements.
But what I find most interesting is how these movements, which often
did have their origins on the "street" invariably seem to get commodified
as well as trying to figure out what, if any, rebellious impulse was
contained in them originally.

        Laura Miller
        lmiller@ucsd.edu