Re: EK: [fwd] [Mid} sca becomes a general term

[Philip & Susan Troy <troy@asan.com>]

Poster: Philip & Susan Troy <troy@asan.com>

James Gilly / Alasdair mac Iain wrote, quoting Finnvarr:
> 
> >That review quotes Rowland's book on the subject of the Roman Academy,
> >which she calls, apparently, "part institute for advanced study, part
> >guild for curial humanists, part society for creative anachronism."
> >
> >In other words, "society for creative anachronism" has become a
> >recognizable term and general concept in scholarly discourse.
> >
> >Finnvarr


One _might_ argue the term refers to a society dedicated to creatively
pursuing select attributes of the past (or future), without specifically
referring to, or even indicating awareness of, the SCA, Inc.

As for the Roman Academy, let's review: they were a bunch of guys who
were dissatisfied with the political and social intriguing going on
around them, who tried to reintegrate the simple, noble values of an
earlier age into their current society, who went around under their
chosen assumed names which referred to that earlier age, and who were
regarded by their government as a subversive organization.

Nope, nuthin' like the SCA.
 
Adamantius
-- 
Phil & Susan Troy

troy@asan.com
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