Joe wrote:, >Regarding utopianism, I thought regaining some semblance of
vision was >all >the rage on the Left these days. I realize there remains
a great deal of >self-consciousness regarding these speculations.
Immanuel Wallerstein >actually invented a new word, "Utopistics," to
provide cover for such >indulgences.
>cheers,
>joe
"The underdeveloped state of the class struggle,as well as their own
surroundings, causes of socialists of this kind to consider themselves far
superior to all class antagonisms. They want to improve the condition of
every member of society, even that of the most favored. Hence, they
habitually appeal to society at large, without distinction of class, nay
by preference to the ruling class. For how can people, when once they
understand their system, fail to see it in the best possible plan of the
best possible state of society? Hence they reject all political especially
all revolutionary action; they wish to attain their ends by peaceful
means, and endavour, by small experiments, necessarily doomed to failure,
and the force of example, to pave the way for the new SOCIAL GOSPEL (
Marx, On Utopian Socialism, Manifesto of the Communist Party, Tucker,
p.498).
good night,
Mine Doyran, Phd student, SUNY/Albany, Politics...
> >By this sort of definition, there must be about 347 "progressives" in
><the U.S., and 5,132 around the world. But as Lenin said, better fewer
>>but better.
>Doug
