From: glevy-AT-pratt.edu
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 22:42:17 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: autovalorization


Steve pondered:

> 1) What *is* class consciousness?

I think I'll let someone else answer that, but I think Steve is right to
first ask that this term be defined before we can evaluate its merits
and/or limitations as a concept.

> 2) What *concrete* examples are there of self-valorization? Do they pertain
> only to particular groups? Do they suggest, as some have argued (e.g. Paolo
> Virno and other advocates of "exodus") that the struggle against capital
> and the state is more and more "outside and against" the latter, whereas
> once (as at least some of us have argued) it was "inside and against"?

When and where was the struggle primarily *inside* and against the state?

BTW, since I don't recall anyone else mentioning it recently, I'd like to
thank Steve not only for his moderating and the creation of this valuable
space ... but for the thankless (until now), time-consuming, and important
task of *translating*. On OPE-L, as Massimo remembers, we had a fairly
lengthy discussion of a thread called:

"A translator's life is not a happy one."

Translating, like leafleting and postering, isn't a very glamorous
task but is nonetheless an essential one (especially as it relates to
furthering communication on this, very international, list). *Making* the
time to translate, especially in the context of the following
autovalorization, is quite remarkable.

Oh, and while we're on the topic of autovalorization, please give
Ginevrina a kiss for me.

In solidarity,

Jerry



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