>It seems to me that various forms of empiricism constitute a far more >serious repudiation of marxism than do the various fads called >"post structuralism," "post modernism," "deconstruction," etc. > >Carrol I confess. I am not only an empiricist but a pragmatist. When I worked in Nicaragua, I always found myself stooping to the level of the people in the Ministry of Banking who were looking for software that worked properly. But it doesn't stop there. On most days I feel rather idealistic as well. As I walk across the Columbia campus and gaze up at the glorious sun shining down on all the undergraduates lolling on the steps of Low Library, I often feel inspired to belt out a few bars of some of my favorite Pete songs. I am particularly fond of the pre-Popular Front tunes and will belt out an off-key version of "FDR, You warmonger, keep our troops at home." My hope is that some undergraduate might decide to ditch his career as an investment banker and join the proletarian revolutionary vanguard party instead. But when I am feeling extremely degenerate and naughty, I will plunge directly into the swamp and revert to the Jewish beliefs of my youth. Just for the sake of being contrary, I often don a black suit and yarmulke and stop in at a trendy bar in my Upper East Side neighborhood and order a Vodka Gimlet in Yiddish. Louis Proyect (http://www.panix.com/~lnp3/marxism.html)
