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CHATTERING CLASS [1 record]

Record 1 2003-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Organization
  • Political Theories and Doctrines
DEF

The left-liberal chattering classes stridently denounced Mr. Asper's allegedly excessive power over the media. Yet this is the same clique that advocates foreign-ownership restrictions. But if the Canadian media indeed are concentrated in a few hands, Ottawa's foreign-ownership rules are to blame.

OBS

to chatter: to utter rapidly and purposelessly.

OBS

chattering class: a slightly pejorative reference to the "talking heads" on television and to writers in the left-wing papers. Compare "radical chic"

OBS

radical chic: title of a novel by Tom Wolfe that holds up to ridicule the champagne left.

Key term(s)
  • chattering classes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation sociale
  • Théories et doctrines politiques
CONT

Quinze ans après la fin de la Gauche prolétarienne, les anciens «maos» ont répudié la révolution. [...] Les voilà experts en communication, vedettes des médias, ou conseillers des hiérarques socialistes. [...] En 1970, ils se croyaient l'avant-garde de la classe ouvrière. En 1988, ils sont la gauche-caviar.

Key term(s)
  • gauche caviar
  • gauche cachemire

Spanish

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