Tavis Barr wrote:
One could, indeed, do a
Foucauldian analysis of the discourse of the market and talk about how
neoclassical notions of freedom -- the ability of individuals to buy and
sell at prices they desire -- were created by those with property and
defined explicitly so that the dscourse
Could anyone enlighten me on the evolution of the term civil society? As I
understand it, Hegel used it to signify the world of market relations. But
it has come to signify a "third sector," the world of philanthropies,
community orgnizations, volunteerism, meant as a balance to state and
market.
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Well...
For current Latin American intellectuals:
I'd suggest
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Could anyone enlighten me on the evolution of the term civil society? As I
understand it, Hegel used it to signify the world of market relations. But
it has come to
Greetings,
This is not exatly what was asked for, but it might prove helpful.
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John Ehrenberg, author of the excellent "Dictatorship of the Proletariat" is
currently working on a book about this very topic. It probably originated in
Eastern Europe in the way that you describe, but it has been au courant in
Latin American and Central American as well. Jorge Castaneda, the
The Communist Party of Brazil (CPdoB), led by Joao Amazonas,
celebrated its 75th anniversary on March 25, 1997. CPdoB is one
of the few parties in the world which, at the time of the rise of
revisionism in the Soviet Union, did not succumb to its
pressures, neither adopting Khruschevite
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I thought it was DeToqueville. To me the term connotes
not simply foundations but the entire organization outside
the
Ajit writes:
After reading through Gil's claims about the GE theory, I couldn't help but
remember some of the circuses I saw when I was a child. They make elephants
dance on their hind legs and tigers jump through hoops of fire. You can not
not marvel at the skills of the trainers. But I for one
The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition -- April 22, 1997
Australian Labor Court Sets
Living Wage Below Union Claim
AP-Dow Jones News Service
SYDNEY, Australia -- An Australian labor court Tuesday
granted a raise of
Two further volumes on this issue:
Marxism, Socialism and Democracy in Latin America by Richard Harris, Westview
Press, 1992.
The Latin American Left: From the Fall of Allende to Perestroika, edited
by Barry Carr and Steve Ellner, Westview Press, 1993.
Alan
Therborn, Go"ran. 1976. Science, Class and Society: On the Formation
of Sociology and Historical Materialism (London: NLB).155: Hegel,
Philosophy of Right, 1st major thinker who formulated distinction
between State and Civil Society. "Civil Society is the [order of]
difference which
From March 27-30, the Communist Party of Denmark
(Marxist-Leninist) convened its 7th Congress. The Congress
adopted a Program For a Socialist Denmark, concluding a period of
more than three years of discussion on it within the party and
amongst all communists in Denmark. It sums up the
In reply to Louis P., I agree that Peron cannot be judged a fascist
given his actions as president of Argentina. However, he did
have clear sympathies for Fanco and Mussolini which went well beyond the
commercial ties that Argentina held with Spain and France. Evita's
trip to Spain and her
Doug,
The use of the term "civil society" comes from Marxian formulations of the
concept, and in this form it does come from Hegel, as you noted. Gramsci's
formulation is emerging as the dominant meaning in political economy (see
Gill or Robinson).
Andrew
Doug,
By far the best article I've read on this is by Ellen Wood (the evil
social democrat, you remember?), called "The Uses and abuses of civil
society". It's a chapter of here book, *Democracy versus Capitalism* (or
against capitalism-don't remember).
Later, Steve
On Tue, 22 Apr 1997, Doug
I would suggest that a national element in Foucault's
late turn to Austrian style liberalism is the nature of the
French state and society. It has long been dirigiste and
etatiste in comparison to most other societies and still
is, with one of the strongest ongoing systems of indicative
Dear Colleagues:
Where can I find a breakdown of votes for the 1996 presidential
election by sex, marital status and income?
Please feel free to respond to my email address or the list.
Thanks,
Robert Saute
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Jim Craven writes:You all know about the Darwin Awards - It's an annual
honor given to the person who did the gene pool the biggest service by
killing themselves in the most extraordinarily stupid way.
this kind of thing always evokes a chuckle (as with NEWS OF THE WIERD's
recent story about a
The journal Latin American Perspectives has had many articles on Latin
American Marxism over the years. It also publishes a fair amount of
articles by Latin American authors.
Alan
Peron was no fascist. He was a nationalist who represent the class interests
of a developing Argentinian bourgeoisie that felt thwarted by the
traditional comprador bourgeoisie tied to British capital. In the
furtherance of the goals of this wing of Argentinian capital, he drew upon
the support
What's good to read on Marxism in Latin America?
Hope it helps to hint to some important names (authors). I am afraid
most of their works are not published in English.
Mariategui, Jose Carlos (Peru): it is a "pioneer" both
chronologically and content wise. He introduced, right from the early
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