lol I don't think he was implying that it was founded by the same Levi-Strauss.
He was just noting the irony, considering what both do.
On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 3:44 PM, malgosia askanas <ma@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Wrong Levi Strauss. The one who founded the corporation was a German
> Jew who emigrated to the US around 1850. His birth name was Loeb
> Strauss, but in the States he renamed himself Levi. No connection
> to Claude, except by the fact that we are all connected and so forth.
>
> -m
>
>
>>The Levi Strauss Corporation has become well known in communities of
>>color in the US for oppressive work conditions. They finally closesd
>>all their factories in the US and moved to third world countries
>>in search of cheaper labor and more lax regulation. Check out Fuerza
>>Unida, a woman of color group formed as a result of the closure of
>>a LSC in Texas. Quite a legacy.
>>------Original Message------
>>From: Chetan Vemuri
>>Sender: foucault-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>To: Mailing-list
>>ReplyTo: Mailing-list
>>Subject: Re: [Foucault-L] Claude Levi-Strauss death
>>Sent: Nov 3, 2009 6:45 PM
>>
>>As a student of anthropology (as a minor in university right now) I am
>>strongly respectful of Levi Strauss and am sad at his passing (old as
>>he was).
>>Structural Anthropology was very good.
>>He's on par with Durkheim, Bourdieu and Weber.
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He was just noting the irony, considering what both do.
On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 3:44 PM, malgosia askanas <ma@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Wrong Levi Strauss. The one who founded the corporation was a German
> Jew who emigrated to the US around 1850. His birth name was Loeb
> Strauss, but in the States he renamed himself Levi. No connection
> to Claude, except by the fact that we are all connected and so forth.
>
> -m
>
>
>>The Levi Strauss Corporation has become well known in communities of
>>color in the US for oppressive work conditions. They finally closesd
>>all their factories in the US and moved to third world countries
>>in search of cheaper labor and more lax regulation. Check out Fuerza
>>Unida, a woman of color group formed as a result of the closure of
>>a LSC in Texas. Quite a legacy.
>>------Original Message------
>>From: Chetan Vemuri
>>Sender: foucault-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>To: Mailing-list
>>ReplyTo: Mailing-list
>>Subject: Re: [Foucault-L] Claude Levi-Strauss death
>>Sent: Nov 3, 2009 6:45 PM
>>
>>As a student of anthropology (as a minor in university right now) I am
>>strongly respectful of Levi Strauss and am sad at his passing (old as
>>he was).
>>Structural Anthropology was very good.
>>He's on par with Durkheim, Bourdieu and Weber.
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