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Originally Posted by ColinHowell
Well, Google found the quote and its source for me, so you now have all the context you need. It appears in the entry for angst in the book 100 Words to Make You Sound Smart. That book took it from an article in The Nation which I also found online; the quote appears in the 3rd paragraph from the bottom of this page. |
Hi, ColinHowell.
Yes, I’m studying English with the book now. (Angst is the third word in the book. I have 97 new words after this.)
I didn’t think you need the whole paragraph to know what “politically uninformed” means. I’m sorry!
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Originally Posted by snbzk
"Not knowing much about politics" is the only thing "politically uninformed" can mean. More context would help, but it seems the sentence is saying that it's difficult to persuade high school students to join a particular group because they don't know enough about politics (among other reasons).
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Originally Posted by Koir
"Politically uninformed" means that the group being discussed (high school students) generally don't concern themselves with all aspects of politics in today's world. It's something that doesn't specifically interest them, so when other people try to get their opinion or organize them into groups depending on political beliefs, it's difficult or even impossible in some cases. As a result, they appear as an easily dismissed group (politically speaking) concerned more with baseless feelings of anger and depression.
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Thank you, snbzk, Koir.
I see. “Politically uninformed” means they don’t know much about politics.
This is the whole passage.
Can this passage mention about stay-at-home children?
“Organizing high school students is extremely difficult. Apart from being an impermanent base (students graduate), they are inexperienced and often politically uninformed…. Their disconnectedness and isolation – easily caricatured as pouty alienation or angst – are rooted in the realities of their lives: their lack of mobility, frequent lack of access to people who share their concerns and passions, and relative lack of personal and political power.”
– Liza Featherstone, “Hot-Wiring High School,” The Nation, June, 1999