"Every Home Is Wired":
2 -- The Progressive Rock Subculture and the Net
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The difference, though one of degrees, between traditionalists and progressives also links back to the discussion of the fate of the local in a globalising environment. Here, the Prog traditionalists are equivalent to those elements in society attempting to hang on to the traditional grounding of the 'local' in a geographic local; they are defenders of the status quo. The progressives, on the other hand, are cosmopolitans, in Hannerz's terminology: Bit 19
the perspective of the cosmopolitan must entail relationships to a plurality of cultures understood as distinctive entities. ... But furthermore, cosmopolitanism in a stricter sense includes a stance toward diversity itself, toward the coexistence of cultures in the individual experience. A more genuine cosmopolitanism is first of all an orientation, a willingness to engage with the Other. It is an intellectual and aesthetic stance of openness toward divergent cultural experiences, a search for contrasts rather than uniformity. To become acquainted with more cultures is to turn into an aficionado, to view them as art works. (239)
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