Date: Sat, 16 Jul 1994 00:50:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: SCIABRRC-AT-ACFcluster.NYU.EDU
Subject: Intro


Hello to Jon, Tim, Nitim, Andy, Jim, Eric, Wes, Christopher,
and others.  Nice to meet you.

By way of introduction, my name is Chris Sciabarra, and I've
joined this list out of general interest in Marxism.  I am
not a Marxist, but I earned my Ph.D. at NYU, in Political
Theory, under the direction of Bertell Ollman, the author of
ALIENATION.  Deeply influenced by Ollman's dialectical
approach, I have become a serious student of dialectical
method.  My two forthcoming books, MARX, HAYEK, AND UTOPIA,
and AYN RAND: THE RUSSIAN RADICAL, examine the dialectical
methods prevalent among non-Marxist thinkers (Hayek and Rand)
in twentieth-century libertarian thought.  The theme is
rather disorienting to both Marxists and non-Marxists, I'm
sure.  But it is work that needs to be done, if only to draw
attention to the necessity of a dialectical mode of analysis
in contemporary social theory.

I have no great preference as to where we begin; I look
forward to interacting with all of you, as time permits.

                              - Chris
============================================================Dr. Chris M. Sciabarra
Visiting Scholar, N.Y.U. Department of Politics
INTERNET:  sciabrrc-AT-acfcluster.nyu.edu
BITNET:    sciabrrc-AT-nyuacf
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