Jim Devine wrote:
>What we need is a _multi-level_ discussion, dealing with both the concrete
>and the abstract, both the purely economic and the political. Most
>important, we need the _links_: the problem is not abstract analysis but
>instead that often theories such as the falling rate of prof
No, I don't jest. I aggravate, provoke and annoy. Just ask the people
over in the Marxism list. They're ready to string me up on from a cybernoose.
Louis
On Wed, 30 Aug 1995, Gilbert Skillman wrote:
> Louis P. said this?
>
> >>By the way, the reason PEN-L has had less traffic lately is
> bec
Jim Devine is right on target again. This is the second time this summer
I've had to make self-criticisms. First, I had to recant about Waterworld,
now I have to take back that snide remark about the professor's "country
homes". That should have read "country homes or cheesy motels".
Louis
On
Blair, I didn't say that using the rhetoric (one example from the
PoMo school, one example from the Althusserians, leaving out the
Hegelians and many others to keep things short) was the problem.
The problem is centered on the key word "without" as in "without
any effort to connect with working-
Something like inside conflict seems to appear in this list. I see
much criticism to academic work, or more specific, to the work of
academics, and I don't see the same amount of criticism directed to
what I thought was the target: The State, domination mechanisms, state
of nature, actual ec
Sandy, I'm replying on the net because I suspect that others will be
interested in answers to your request; I know I'd like to see others'
suggestions. Here's a few obvious ones, all available in paperback:
Mishel & Bernstein, The State of Working America 94-95 (ME Sharpe)
Doug Henwood, The
GREAT JOBS AT ND! THe Department has two openings in all fields. We
cultivate alternative methodologies, political economy and policy
economics. We are especially interested in scholars who have broad
historical, institutional, and social justice approaches. PLEASE CONT ACT
Jim Devine writes,
Now we have folks on the left (or describing themselves as being
on the left) who can only talk to each other, bandying jargon
about ("essentialism," "over-determination," etc., etc.) without
any effort to connect with working-class people's concerns."
Well Jim, I am one of th
I was just in Argentina speaking to the head of the LAbor Federationand
other unins about the econmnic crises and the privatization of theirpension
systems. BUT BUT BUT, I really know nothing about ARGENTINA and couldn't
give a rap aboutthe situation leading up to it etc
Louis P. said this?
>>By the way, the reason PEN-L has had less traffic lately is
because the professors have been at their country homes preparing their next
round of insights on the Grundrisse.<<
Surely he jests.
Gil (country-homeless) Skillman
I ahve sent out several msgs over the past three weeks and none have been
braodcast to the list. How long has pen-l been malfunctioning? Was it
a complete or partial malfunction? Was anything saved in the archives?
Doug Orr
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(trying again, now that the Lazarus-layered pen-l has been
restored. I added some stuff)
Louis Proyect writes:>>Alex Cockburn ... likens the militias to the
Zapatistas in Mexico. ...<<
we have to remember that Alex C. often says things to provoke
people rather than to state his actual opinion
--This never made it so I'm reposting.
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Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 10:16:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: Kevin Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PEN-L:197] Re: Re: Elizabeth Fox-Genovese
This is depressing. I'm not sure their current politics f
Any volunteers or nominations to talk about Argentina's economic crisis on
my radio show, Thurs, Aug 31, 7 PM New York time, WBAI-FM (99.5)?
Doug
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