Subject: M-TH: administrative stuff
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 98 13:51:14 +1200
From: Bill Cochrane <bc1961-AT-xtra.co.nz>


Thaxalotals
Firstly merry whatever to the lot of you from the moderators of thaxis.
Secondly it was recently pointed out to me that Rob and I havent up dated 
the thaxis info sheet so that Chris and Jukka are still listed as 
moderators. Before updating the info sheet I thought I'd ask people if 
they saw any great need for amendment to the information contained in the 
info sheet (see below).
I dont but I thought I'd invite comment because thats the kind of caring 
consultative moderator I am.

>Welcome to MARXISM-thaxis.
>Please read and save the following message.  You will want to consult it
>later!
>
>MARXISM-thaxis is an open and moderated forum for the discussion of
>theoretical issues raised in both the work of Karl Marx and, more
>generally, the tradition(s) that work has inspired.  In keeping with
>Marx's own attempts to bridge the gap between theory and praxis,
>MARXISM-thaxis encourages participants to explore the theoretical and
>practical implications of issues raised in this forum.  Indeed, we have
>chosen the neologism "thaxis" precisely to convey our own interest in the
>integration of theory and praxis.  For those who participated in the
>marxism-2 discussion list, we hope that this will be a new "home" for
>engaging critical dialogue.  We also welcome all new participants.
>
>Marxism-thaxis highlights the interrelatedness of basic
>strands in different Marxist traditions, and in traditions that have
>critically engaged Marxism.  During the 20th century, there
>have been several "Marxisms," not only the deceased "eastern"
>Marxism-Leninism but also "western" Marxism in several forms:  beginning
>with Antonio Gramsci, Karl Korsch, and Gyorgy Lukacs, ranging from
>the Frankfurt school to the "structural Marxism" of Louis Althusser
>to analytical Marxism to the cultural Marxism of Stuart Hall and to the
>post-Marxism of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe (to name but a few).
>This list is inclusive then, and our discussion encompasses all
>of these developments and more, stretching across intellectual boundaries,
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>Jukka Laari
>
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>They'll try to help you as soon as they can.


Bill Cochrane
Moderator Marxism Thaxis

"For godly, righteous and sober Thaxalien discourse!"



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