Comments on: The Politics of Hair http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/29/the-politics-of-hair/ Chris Brooke's Weblog Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:53:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 by: Debs http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/29/the-politics-of-hair/#comment-1724 Sat, 04 Nov 2006 22:29:10 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/29/the-politics-of-hair/#comment-1724 That sounds brilliant! Sadly, it looks like it's not available on the net. These things are sent to try us. That sounds brilliant! Sadly, it looks like it’s not available on the net. These things are sent to try us.

]]> by: Roger http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/29/the-politics-of-hair/#comment-1709 Sat, 04 Nov 2006 18:07:26 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/29/the-politics-of-hair/#comment-1709 I think the reference to 'long-haired boys' in Salic Law actually refers to members of the Merovingian royal house who set themselves apart by their long hair and who in the chronicle of Gregory of Tours are constantly assassinating each other, having their grandmothers torn limb from limb by wild horses and so on. Apropos of the post in general I would highly recommend Hal Draper's wonderfully deadpan appendix 'Marx and Pilosity' from one of the volumes of Karl Marx's Theory of Revolution - collects together every mention of beards and haircare in Marx and Engels. I think the reference to ‘long-haired boys’ in Salic Law actually refers to members of the Merovingian royal house who set themselves apart by their long hair and who in the chronicle of Gregory of Tours are constantly assassinating each other, having their grandmothers torn limb from limb by wild horses and so on.

Apropos of the post in general I would highly recommend Hal Draper’s wonderfully deadpan appendix ‘Marx and Pilosity’ from one of the volumes of Karl Marx’s Theory of Revolution - collects together every mention of beards and haircare in Marx and Engels.

]]> by: michaele http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/29/the-politics-of-hair/#comment-1466 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:48:46 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/29/the-politics-of-hair/#comment-1466 my hairdresser has asked me to give a lecture to his beauty school students on the politics of hair - so let me know what you find out. I always thought immediately of Marx on wigs. my hairdresser has asked me to give a lecture to his beauty school students on the politics of hair - so let me know what you find out. I always thought immediately of Marx on wigs.

]]> by: Chris Brooke http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/29/the-politics-of-hair/#comment-1435 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:31:04 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/29/the-politics-of-hair/#comment-1435 Yes, you're quite right Katherine: I've got it kicking around somewhere. Though, being 18th century, I think quite a bit of it is about wigs, and I want to keep the politics of wigs for a separate post (obviously). I'll dig it out. We've touched on the Herzog book, and on hairdressers, at the Stoa late last year <a rel="nofollow" href="http://users.ox.ac.uk/~magd1368/weblog/2005_12_01_archive.html#113578718964196015" rel="nofollow">here</a> (see comments), though I have to confess that though I bought Herzog's book, following that discussion, I only read the first half of it, and never made it to the chapter on hairdressers. Yes, you’re quite right Katherine: I’ve got it kicking around somewhere. Though, being 18th century, I think quite a bit of it is about wigs, and I want to keep the politics of wigs for a separate post (obviously). I’ll dig it out.

We’ve touched on the Herzog book, and on hairdressers, at the Stoa late last year here (see comments), though I have to confess that though I bought Herzog’s book, following that discussion, I only read the first half of it, and never made it to the chapter on hairdressers.

]]> by: Katherine http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/29/the-politics-of-hair/#comment-1434 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:15:59 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/29/the-politics-of-hair/#comment-1434 sorry, I mean two years. sorry, I mean two years.

]]> by: Katherine http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/29/the-politics-of-hair/#comment-1433 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:15:35 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/29/the-politics-of-hair/#comment-1433 There was a pretty interesting special issue of Eighteenth Century Studies on hair, maybe 10 years ago. Also, Don Herzog's Poisoning the Mind of the Lower Orders has a great chapter on hairdressers. There was a pretty interesting special issue of Eighteenth Century Studies on hair, maybe 10 years ago.
Also, Don Herzog’s Poisoning the Mind of the Lower Orders has a great chapter on hairdressers.

]]> by: simon c http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/29/the-politics-of-hair/#comment-1428 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:10:26 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/29/the-politics-of-hair/#comment-1428 Ok so it is not about hair so much as having it cut ... but in Anarchy, State and Utopia Nozick argues that the fact that someone needs something does not entail that the state should provide it. So when Williams says that health care is a medical need and should be provided by the state, Nozick asks whether this entails that those who need to have a haircut should have free haircuts provided by the state. Hmm. Ok so it is not about hair so much as having it cut … but in Anarchy, State and Utopia Nozick argues that the fact that someone needs something does not entail that the state should provide it. So when Williams says that health care is a medical need and should be provided by the state, Nozick asks whether this entails that those who need to have a haircut should have free haircuts provided by the state. Hmm.

]]> by: Sarah http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/29/the-politics-of-hair/#comment-1414 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:26:50 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/29/the-politics-of-hair/#comment-1414 Though it's not that political, I like the Bible line "And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean." (Lev 13:40) Though it’s not that political, I like the Bible line “And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.” (Lev 13:40)

]]> by: Nick L http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/29/the-politics-of-hair/#comment-1406 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:34:17 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/29/the-politics-of-hair/#comment-1406 The politics of hair are pretty important in Ursula le Guin's sci-fi anarcho-feminist yarn The Dispossessed. The politics of hair are pretty important in Ursula le Guin’s sci-fi anarcho-feminist yarn The Dispossessed.

]]> by: Dan B http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/29/the-politics-of-hair/#comment-1392 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:22:43 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2006/10/29/the-politics-of-hair/#comment-1392 Well OBVIOUSLY there's the Beard Liberation Front... Well OBVIOUSLY there’s the Beard Liberation Front…

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