Comments on: Klaus Schwab and power now http://cultureby.com/2007/01/klaus_schwab_an.html This Blog Sits At the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics Thu, 17 May 2012 21:10:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jens http://cultureby.com/2007/01/klaus_schwab_an.html/comment-page-1#comment-3393 jens Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:55:20 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=546#comment-3393 rachel ray vs martha stewart makes sense. but one can possibly also read the power shift in the following way: from the centre of society (mass communication, democracy, etc.) to the periphery ((elitist)subcultures, individualisation, divide, oligarchy etc.). that would by no means undermine an elitist concept but strengthen it. - new elites approach from different corners of society and they do not speak to the masses in a hierarchical manner. and some of them only speak to each other. rachel ray vs martha stewart makes sense.

but one can possibly also read the power shift in the following way: from the centre of society (mass communication, democracy, etc.) to the periphery ((elitist)subcultures, individualisation, divide, oligarchy etc.).
that would by no means undermine an elitist concept but strengthen it. – new elites approach from different corners of society and they do not speak to the masses in a hierarchical manner. and some of them only speak to each other.

]]> By: Andrew http://cultureby.com/2007/01/klaus_schwab_an.html/comment-page-1#comment-3392 Andrew Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:05:37 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=546#comment-3392 Klaus Schwab has also created in Davos an international "brand" and a very powerful one, with a lot of authority. At the moment this brand seems to be lying dormant, not really recognised by Schwab and his advisors. It makes you think how much money they could generate if they started applying the brand intelligently. Klaus Schwab has also created in Davos an international “brand” and a very powerful one, with a lot of authority. At the moment this brand seems to be lying dormant, not really recognised by Schwab and his advisors. It makes you think how much money they could generate if they started applying the brand intelligently.

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