[PEN-L:12582] re: Civil War

1997-09-25 Thread Antonio Callari
seen in the expansion of slavery as a mode of production an increase in the demand for slaves: a commodity they sold to the plantationers. So, there was both a question of the soil and a question of the market for slaves. (just a quick note from some recent reading) Antonio Callari ** Reply to note

[PEN-L:9807] Re: Rethinking Marxism conference

1997-05-02 Thread Antonio Callari
be friends, let's build together instead of tearing each other apart. Please! Antonio Callari Stephen Cullenberg wrote: Yet, we are not, and never have pretended to be, as ecumenical as say URPE and the RRPE. This then is Rethinking? My first reaction to the conference was too much Re

[PEN-L:9771] Re: Rethinking Marxism conference

1997-05-01 Thread Antonio Callari
omanticize it=themselves. Antonio Callari I just heard a description of the "Rethinking Marxism" conference that occurred in Amherst late last year. The reporter (Olga Celle de Bowman, a sociologist from Peru) said that there was a tremendous amount of (verbal) conflict between the audie

[PEN-L:9771] Re: Rethinking Marxism conference

1997-05-01 Thread Antonio Callari
omanticize it=themselves. Antonio Callari I just heard a description of the "Rethinking Marxism" conference that occurred in Amherst late last year. The reporter (Olga Celle de Bowman, a sociologist from Peru) said that there was a tremendous amount of (verbal) conflict between the audie

[PEN-L:9405] Re: Max and the Social Democrats

1997-04-08 Thread Antonio Callari
ion. But I do think the problem is extremely important for the left. I'd love to hear Doug's and others' reactions. Antonio Callari Antonio Callari E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] POST MAIL: Department of Economics Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster PA

[PEN-L:7497] Re: On Marxism

1996-11-20 Thread Antonio Callari
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[PEN-L:7509] Re: On Marxism

1996-11-20 Thread Antonio Callari
atement that one can be ignorant about philosophy or science. Hope this helps clarify things. At 9:54 AM 11/20/96, Antonio Callari wrote: Marx's contribution was not "a new philosophy" (i.e., a new philosophical system--e.g. the base superstructure model, or the homo faber mod

[PEN-L:7482] Re: Fwd: Zapatistas

1996-11-19 Thread Antonio Callari
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[PEN-L:7225] Re: pen-l courtesy

1996-11-04 Thread Antonio Callari
as I said in my post to Henwood, I appreciate all leftists) Or maybe the problem is simply that e-mail makes communications more difficult, so that we have to use emoticons (smileys) as much as possible. Perhaps!' Or maybe we should avoid all humor, sarcasm, irony, etc. I hope not! Antonio Ant

[PEN-L:7235] Re: post modern courtesy

1996-11-04 Thread Antonio Callari
he arbiter of the worth of the movememnt to which they are affiliated. And a process of change is always messy. The problem you describe seems to me to be more of a political/editorial nature. Now to Antonio Callari who say(s) ... And besides, if listening, as a prelude to organizing, is not

[PEN-L:7241] Re: A note form Michael Albert

1996-11-04 Thread Antonio Callari
nderstood some of them. I don't know that we should continue this on this network; i know i can't keep up the pace of the last few days. But I'd be happy to continue a more private and leisurely conversation with you about all of this. Now, maybe that's remarkable. Antonio Antonio Callari Professor and

[PEN-L:7242] Re: It is gone to far: Tim

1996-11-04 Thread Antonio Callari
ad of playing politics seems fairly irresistible. Me, I'll reiterate an old knowledge - the ruthless criticism of all that exists. Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA +1-212-874-4020 voice +1-212-874-3137 fax email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.pani

[PEN-L:7246] Re: Fwd: pomo and opera

1996-11-04 Thread Antonio Callari
you, but the music is still beautiful! Paul Antonio Callari Professor and Chair, Economics E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] POST MAIL: Department of Economics Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster PA 17604-3003 PHONE: 717/291-3947 FAX

[PEN-L:7100] Pomo: Swimming or drawning

1996-11-01 Thread Antonio Callari
to define how to swim and bgin to learn how actually to do it. Antonio Callari Antonio Callari Professor and Chair, Economics E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] POST MAIL: Department of Economics Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster PA 17604-3003 PHONE:

[PEN-L:6068] Re: Rethinking Overdetemination

1996-09-09 Thread Antonio Callari
as such a medium. In this country, it still does. Antonio Callari tobill mitchell wrote about classical music. In Italy, the opera seems to have been popular among more common people. Am I wrong? Were there inexpensive opera tickets. With classical music, I do not think that it is only the music

[PEN-L:6069] re: rethinking overdetermination

1996-09-09 Thread Antonio Callari
My! My! (If that is the correct idiomatic expression) Does all this talk about music and dance mean that there is something to overdetermination (the complex and open operations of displacement and condensation across processes--class and non-class) after all? Antonio Callari Antonio Callari E

[PEN-L:6012] Re: Rethinking Overdetemination

1996-09-07 Thread Antonio Callari
ourgeoisie). I posted a long message sometime ago about "overdetermination" as a paradigm for the practice and theory of socio-political movements, not as an ontological position. Antonio Callari wrote: I did not write that a change to socialism would guarantee certain outco

[PEN-L:6013] re: re: overdetermination redux

1996-09-07 Thread Antonio Callari
with justifying one's option for a socialism than there is from within the still traditional left perspective. But, hey, if that's what works for you, that's ok with me. And, I presume, that if trhat's what works for me, that's fine with you too. no? Antonio Callari Antonio Callari E-MAIL: [EMAIL

[PEN-L:5995] Re: Rethinking Overdetemination

1996-09-06 Thread Antonio Callari
an argument for the necessity of ongoing practices and processes to effect the creation and survival of a good society beyond any "act" of structural/economic transformation. [Finally, Eric, does your suggestion that we, you and I, share a humanism imply that you agree that we do no

[PEN-L:5646] Re: Rethinking Overdetemination

1996-08-13 Thread Antonio Callari
I can't resist: why is shawgi tell participating in this "purely academic" discussion? [not that I see it as such; but just to take it on his terms]. Antonio callari Thanks for the input Paul, but you left one question sort of unanswered: is this notion of "economic determini

[PEN-L:5648] Re: Rethinking Overdetemination

1996-08-13 Thread Antonio Callari
with justifying one's option for a socialism than there is from within the still traditional left perspective. But, hey, if that's what works for you, that's ok with me. And, I presume, that if trhat's what works for me, that's fine with you too. no? Antonio Callari I saw Steve Cullenberg's p