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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I think we are doing ourselves a disservice by not making a clear distinction
between “prejudice” and “polemic.” The two are clearly
different. Our thesaurus has NTs under “Literature of prejudice”
that could easily belong under “Polemical literature”, for example “Anti-clerical.”
The distinction between “prejuduce” and “polemic” is
between unreasoned opinion/hostility and reasoned argument (however
strongly worded).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>From the OED:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>prejudice, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>n.</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>I.</span></font></b> Prejudgement.<!--end_def--><a
name=50187167def2></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <a name=50187167-mI.1.a></a><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><!--start_def-->1. a.</span></b> Preconceived opinion
not based on reason or actual experience; bias, partiality; (now) <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>spec.</span></i> unreasoned dislike, hostility, or
antagonism towards, or discrimination against, a race, sex, or other class of
people.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>hate, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>n.</span></i><sup><!-- hm -->1</sup><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <a name=50103052-m1.a></a><b><span style='font-weight:bold'><!--start_def-->1.
a.</span></b> An emotion of extreme dislike or aversion; detestation,
abhorrence, hatred. Now chiefly <i><span style='font-style:italic'>poet.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <a name=50103052-m1.b></a><b><span style='font-weight:bold'><!--start_def-->b.</span></b>
The object of hatred. <i><span style='font-style:italic'>poetic</span></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a name=50103052-m2.b></a><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>2. b.</span></font></b>
Used <i><span style='font-style:italic'>attrib.</span></i> or as quasi-<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>adj.</span></i>: designed to stir up hate, e.g. <a
name=50103052se7></a><b><i><!--start_lemma--><!--start_il--><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>hate campaign</span><!--end_il--><!--end_lemma--></i></b>;
marked or characterized by hate; <a name=50103052se8></a><b><!--start_lemma--><!--start_bl--><span
style='font-weight:bold'>hate mail</span><!--end_bl--><!--end_lemma--></b>,
letters (often anonymous) in which the senders express their hostility towards
the recipient.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>DRAFT ADDITIONS JUNE 2002 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a name=50103052def7></a><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'><!--start_def-->hate</span></b>, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>n.</span></i><sup>1</sup><a
name=50103052def8></a><o:p></o:p></span></font><!--end_def--></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'><!--start_def--><img
width=9 height=8 id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image001.gif@01C9F0E1.EAC02AA0"
alt="*" valign=absmiddle></span></b> <a name=50103052se9></a><b><!--start_lemma--><!--start_bl--><span
style='font-weight:bold'>hate crime</span><!--end_bl--><!--end_lemma--></b> <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>n.</span></i> orig. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on"><i><span style='font-style:italic'>U.S.</span></i></st1:country-region></st1:place>
a crime, usually violent, motivated by hatred or intolerance of another social
group, esp. on the basis of race or sexuality; crime of this type; freq. <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>attrib.</span></i> (occas. in <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>pl.</span></i>), designating legislation, etc.,
framed to address such crime.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>---------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>polemic, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>adj. </span></i>and<i><span
style='font-style:italic'> n.</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>A.</span></font></b> <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>adj.</span></i><a name=50182751def2></a><!--end_def--> <!--start_def-->Of
the nature of, exhibiting, given to, or relating to dispute or controversy;
contentious, disputatious, combative<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>B.</span></font></b> <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>n.</span></i><!--end_def--><a name=50182751def4></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <a name=50182751-mB.1></a><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><!--start_def-->1.</span></b> A controversial
argument; a strong verbal or written attack on a person, opinion, doctrine,
etc.; (as a mass noun) writing or opinion of this kind. Also: (in <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>sing.</span></i> and <i><span style='font-style:italic'>pl.</span></i>)
aggressive debate or controversy; the practice of engaging in such debate.<a
name=50182751n1></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Schneider, Nina<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, June 19, 2009 12:57
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> DCRM Revision Group List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [DCRM-L] literature
of prejudice vs. polemical</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>I've been searching LCSH for some ideas.
There's a subject heading "Attitudes (Psychology)" in LCSH. There
are also variations on "opinions." If we feel it's necessary to
change the genre term, we may want to look at these. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><!-- Converted from text/plain format -->+-------<br>
Nina Schneider<br>
Head Cataloger<br>
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library<br>
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w:st="on">CA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">90018</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
<br>
323-731-8529<br>
nschneider@humnet.ucla.edu</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Holly Phelps<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, June 19, 2009 8:19
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> DCRM Revision Group List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [DCRM-L] literature
of prejudice vs. polemical</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Interesting discussion. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I use the NTs but not the broader term.
Does anyone? Would it be useful to remove the term from the list, and just use
something (Controversial literature?) in brackets under [Content of work] -
[Political works] in the hierarchical list? I’d like to see the NTs stay
grouped somehow.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>H.A. Phelps<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>hphelps@librarycompany.org<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu
[mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf
Of </span></b>Dooley,Jackie<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, June 19, 2009 11:16
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> DCRM Revision Group List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [DCRM-L] literature
of prejudice vs. polemical</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Yes, I get it. My point is that
it’s so soft as to be relatively meaningless. How about “hate
literature”? :) After all, our society calls them “hate
groups,” not “polemical groups.” Good literary warrant.<br>
<br>
On 6/19/09 7:39 AM, "Deborah Leslie" <<a href="djleslie@folger.edu">djleslie@folger.edu</a>>
wrote:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color="#1f497d"
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#1F497D'>One
of the things that came up in conversation was that we knew it when we saw it,
but couldn’t find a non-derogatory name for it. “Polemical”
isn’t necessarily derogatory, while “Prejudice” is. <br>
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font-family:Verdana'><br>
</span></font><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <a
href="dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu">dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu</a> [<a
href="mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu">mailto:dcrm-l-bounces@lib.byu.edu</a>]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Dooley,Jackie<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, 19 June, 2009 10:29<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> DCRM Revision Group List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [DCRM-L] literature
of prejudice vs. polemical<br>
</span></font><br>
<font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Strikes
me as equally subjective—not to mention vague, since it could include
stuff with a much softer point of view than e.g. a John Birch or KKK pub that
is patently prejudicial to a particular group. -Jackie<br>
<br>
On 6/19/09 7:16 AM, "Deborah Leslie" <<a href="djleslie@folger.edu">djleslie@folger.edu</a>>
wrote:<br>
I just had an epiphany. Some of you remember discussions held a few years ago
about the problem with the genre term “Literature of prejudice,”
which violates the cataloger’s ethic of labelling (works, people) in a
way they would not name themselves. But it is useful to have a term in the
hierarchy to collocate this kind of literature.<br>
<br>
How about “Polemical literature”?<br>
<br>
___________________________________________<br>
</span></font><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Deborah J. Leslie, M.A., M.L.S.<br>
Head of Cataloging, Folger Shakespeare Library<br>
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">201 East Capitol St., s.E.</st1:Street>,
<st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">D.C.</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">20003</st1:PostalCode></st1:address><br>
202.675-0369 (phone) 202.675-0328 (fax)<br>
<a href="djleslie@folger.edu">djleslie@folger.edu</a> www.folger.edu</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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