From: "Lowe Laclau" <lowelaclau-AT-hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: AUT: Negri goes mad
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 11:18:25 -0400



Peter,

 

Did not Marx address himself and his topics differently depending upon who he was addressing? I don't see anything wrong with the article, specifically as it addresses a very specific audience that would be just as disinterested in Negri's MBM as they would in his Alma Venus. They're not people with only one voice. Surely some people will think that it is better to alot no compromise regardless of who one addresses. I think tactically however, that would be very unproductive. 

I think its always best to try to figure out why and what someone is doing before critiqing it. Now if one argues that this isn't gonna convince anyone of anything, then thats another matter.

 

Cheers,

Lowe



 



>From: Peter van Heusden <pvh-AT-wfeet.za.net> 

>Reply-To: aut-op-sy-AT-lists.village.Virginia.EDU 

>To: aut-op-sy-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu 

>Subject: AUT: Negri goes mad 

>Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 17:29:46 +0200 

> 

>And maybe Hardt as well... 

> 

>They're both got their names associated with "Why We Need a Multilateral 

>Magna Carta", an essay published in the WEF's official journal Global 

>Agenda, and reprinted in slash.autonomedia -AT- 

>http://info.interactivist.net/article.pl?sid=04/04/11/1722238&mode=nested& 

>tid=8 

> 

>In it they have nugetts of wisdom like the following to offer to the 

>global elites: 

> 

>"The primary challenge facing these global aristocracies is to reorganize 

>the global system in the interest of renewing and expanding the 

>productive forces that are today thwarted by poverty and marginalization. 

>To do this, a new agreement is needed – a Magna Carta contract for the 

>age, that today’s aristocracies are in the position to demand of the 

>monarch." 

> 

>Sounds like something John Kerry would be happy discussing. Toni, how 

>would does it feel to be alongside Prevez Musharraf? 

> 

>I must say, after reading this drivel, I'm considering everything Negri & 

>Hardt produce from now on 'ideologically tainted'. I fear for their 

>forthcoming book... 

> 

>Seriously though, I feel that those of us, such as myself, who have found 

>Negri's thought useful, are now being put in a position where we have to 

>try and salvage what's useful in Negri from Negri himself... 

> 

>Peter 

>-- 

>Peter van Heusden                     pvh-AT-wfeet.za.net 

>Tel: +27 (0)83 256 0457 

> 

> 

> 

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