Actually, his piece is worth a read. 1. He is not the anti-immigrant implied by the selected quotation. Counterpose:
"One thing is clear: national sovereignty will have to be radically redefined and new methods of global co-operation and decision-making devised. First, in the present moment, Europe must reassert its commitment to provide for the dignified treatment of the refugees. There should be no compromise here: large migrations are our future, and the only alternative to such a commitment is renewed barbarism (what some call a ‘clash of civilisations’)." 2. He introduces a basic point of political economy, but does it apply to globalized capitalism today or has it gone on in industrializing capitalism for 150 years: "Refugees are the price we pay for a globalised economy in which commodities – but not people – are permitted to circulate freely. The idea of porous borders, of being inundated by foreigners, is immanent to global capitalism." European immigration to the U.S. in the nineteenth century fed labor shortage; Europe today, following the declining arc of U.S. capitalism since 1973, is not in the same phase. full: http://www.lrb.co.uk/v37/n18/slavoj-zizek/the-non-existence-of-norway . The Hollow Colossus: http://www.hollowcolossus.com _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
