[PEN-L:8481] RE: The Theory of Cultural Racism

[Ricardo Duchesne]

 I would insist, following Hegel, that difference by itself amounts to 
an "indifferent differentiation", an endless difference in which 
everything becomes everything, without anything being anything in 
particular. If all cultures are simply different, how can there be any 
difference between those differences? Without identifiable standards, 
or criteria difference becomes indifferent.

 Not true and not ncessary.
 
 Ricardo Duchesne wrote:

  Simply, to talk about "undeniable" cultural differences is to make evaluations
  about those differences, ranking not being far off .
  
 True.  Yet differences are just differences.  Ranking is another matter. 
 

[PEN-L:8481]

[PHILLPS]

Dear Pen-lers:

Phil O'Hara, who is in the final phase of editing the encyclopedia of
political economy, needs some help. He is teaching a subject he
has never taught before - International Economics 400 at Honors
level - and in the light of the enormous burden of the epe needs some
help with possible references and course outlines that may be of help.

Anything you might be able to send him would be much appreciated.
Any topics or references which you think might help students understand
the world economy or the international economy at honours level
would be useful. He was thinking of including some material on
Kaldor's Laws (BOP constraint; economies of scale; cumulative
causation); business cycles and waves at the international level;
international political economy issues; economic policy within
the world context; maybe exchange rates; Kaleckian models for the
world capitalist economy? He is hoping to include
quite a bit of heterodox material (maybe even some work on
development and the environment from a world context).

Anything you could suggest or offer would be very helpful to
him and especially the epe project!

His details are as follows:
Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phil O'Hara, Department of Economics, Curtin University,
  GPO Box U1987, Perth, Australia 6001.
Telephone: +61-9-351-7761 (work) +61-9-451-2618 (home)
Fax: +61-9-351-3026


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Phillip O'Hara, Department of Economics
Curtin University of Technology
GPO Box U1987, Perth. 6001 Australia
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fax: +61-9-351-3026
Tel: +61-9-351-7761 (work - message machine)
   :   451-2618 (home)



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Encyclopedia of Political Economy
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 Entries in Need of Writers
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Business Cycles: Major Contemporary Themes [2000 words]
Schumpeterian Political Economy: Major Cont. Themes [2000 words]
International Political Economy: History [1700 words]
Endogenous Growth and Cycles [1400 words]
Rate of Return Controversy in Sraffian PE [1000 words]

Methodology: History of in PE [1700 words]
Foundationalism and Anti-Foundationalism in PE [1200]
International Network for Economic Methodology [400 words]

Environmental Accounting [1200 words]

Social Control of Business [1200 words]
Centralised Private Sector Planning System [1400 words]

Financial Innovation [1500 words]
Justice [1400]
Conference of Socialist Economists [1000 words]

Please do let me know if you are interested, or can suggest
possible writers. They would have to be written by late
February at the latest.