Would you read a book on politics written by a person who wasn't a professor, or politician, or expert or journalist or even college graduate, but was a U.S. citizen who cares about politics and has new ideas which are not already part of the public dialogue?
Would you read it if this person agreed, disagreed with you?
2006-09-01 11:10:18 · 14 answers · asked by Aleksandr 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Could be, depends if they have enough intelligent things to say and if I actually feel that I will LEARN something from them. It must pique my interest.
2006-09-01 11:25:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I believe Mohammhad was illiterate, and about 1.5 billion read his book. I think I might read your book if it had some ideas that aren't being discussed or mentioned otherwise. I still think it's important to try to educate yourself as best you can about as many aspects of the subject you plan on writting about as possible, but I don't think it's necessary to have a list of credentials to have something important to say.
With that said though, some people will judge you by your credentials and ignore what you write without even considering your ideas. However, I don't think anyone should let that stop them from contributing to the on going political dialogue. Certainly they can do better then popular ideologues such as Ann Coulter regardless of what they write.
2006-09-01 11:24:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An uneducated person would not have the capacity to write coherent paragraphs, be able to structure sentences correctly, know enough
about a subject, and write using the correct grammar; therefore, no publisher would accept
his scribbles and there would be no book to
read!
2006-09-01 11:22:08 · answer #3 · answered by cab veteran 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I think that a perspective of how politics affects an ordinary person would be at least as valuable as anything else out there.
If the person disagrees with me but presents factual, well-reasoned positions, I can respect that. They might even convince me of something.
2006-09-01 11:14:14 · answer #4 · answered by speakeasy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are many relevant ideas and thoughts by people who do not hold degrees in what they speak of. I think that one is compelled to discredit the intelegence of another who disagrees, and we dont generally read books that we know is against our own biases, but i suppose I would give it a look over.
2006-09-01 11:14:21 · answer #5 · answered by prancingmonkey 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know some very brilliant people with little education, and some well-educated people who are morons.
Education is a good thing, but it isn't everything.
If a book is good it will stand out on its own - the author's education is irrelevant.
2006-09-03 03:26:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it would depend on what the person has to say and how I found out about it. Marketing does say a lot, even if its just word of mouth or a media buzz.
2006-09-01 11:14:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Possibly. It would all depend on the nature of the book, and if it was written in an interesting way.
2006-09-01 11:12:29 · answer #8 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
If it's good. Educatin never guaranteed anything but create the illusion you knew what you were doing.
2006-09-01 11:13:20 · answer #9 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If that person is uneducated, why read it In this day and time.
2006-09-01 11:14:22 · answer #10 · answered by Zen 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋