I see you mention, Karel Kosik. "Dialectics of the Concrete, " author, if memory serves. Karel Kovanda from Czechoslovakia translated it. Telos in the 70's had a number of articles by and about Kosik. Let me know if you want specific cites. Plus, be in touch with Alexandre Fenelon, from Brazil. Don't have his e-mail address handy a t this PC but, do asearch on lbo-talk archives webpg. Michael Pugliese--- Original Message --- >From: Justin Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: 2/13/02 6:16:12 PM >
>Welcome, Claire, > >I hope you can bring your fresh perspective to us. We need more smart >people, more women, and more people from the South. In the US we know too >little about Brazil, although it's one of the most important countries in >the world. Most North Americans don't even know what language you speak down >there. We had a former Senator and Vice President, Dan Quayle, VP under Bush >the First, who thought you all spoke Latin (why else would it be called >Latin America?). So tell us, what's going on with the PT? My tiny left group >(300 members), Solidarity, has or had some some of fraternal relations with >the PT. > >Justin (jks) > >> >>I am a free lance journalist living and working in Brasil. During one of >>my >>online researches in the area of economy I came accross your list >>between >>one link and another. I read some of the messages and liked the very >>serious >>tone on the list. I then decided to suscribe. >> >> I am a great admirer of Marx`s and Lenin`s works eventhough I do not >>belong to any Communist party . >>Besides having finished a Journalism course at university, I also got >>to do >>3 years of Political Sciences in Sao Paulo during the final period of >>the >>military dictatorship my country underwent for 30 years. >> >>At that time ( 1977-79) we could use many Marxist books and I studied >>several subjects under the lights of Marx , Lenin , Luckacz and Karel >>Kosik. >>I even studied Plekhanov` texts. >> >>I own a politcal mailing list at Yahoo called Globalization with no >>politcal >>tendency specified.Roads.We discuss all problems affecting the world. I >>set >>up the list with many people of different nationalities whom I contacted >> >>online personally. It is evident that the level on my list is not the >>same >>as the one on yours which is very high.Though we have some teachers on >>it I >>usually keep the discussions and comments on a daily level eventhough we >>do >>get into difficult issues sometimes.Each person has his /hers political >>tendency respected. Almost always:)) >> >> >>Best Regards, >> >>Claire Marie Regnier [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>-- >> >>Michael Perelman >>Economics Department >>California State University >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Chico, CA 95929 >>530-898-5321 >>fax 530-898-5901 >> > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. >http://www.hotmail.com > >
