Date: Mon, 12 Sep 1994 07:52:22 PDT From: Andrew Daitsman <adaitsma-AT-trincoll.edu> Subject: Re: marxism On Mon, 12 Sep 1994, Philip Goldstein wrote: > Jon Beasley-Murray chastizes the (American) left because it does > not believe in revolution anymore -- no outside to oppression either. Is > revolution really a matter of faith? and Marxism, obligated to provide > hope? What about alternative theories? Gramsci's war of position I take > to be an alternative to traditional theories of revolution, and Laclau > and Mouffe -- two Brits -- deny that there is an outside or alternative ^^^^^^^^^ ???????? Excuse me Phil for not dealing with the substance of your comment, but the last time I checked ERNESTO Laclau was Argentine. I never knew for certain, but I always thought Chantal Mouffe was French. All of which I think is ultimately irrelevant to their political philosophy, by the way. HSS, to me, seems derived from French theoretical traditions, perhaps mediated by the immediate political context in Great Britain. But Britain really can stand as a representative both of the current crisis in Marxism, and of the more general crisis in capitalism. More extreme there than in other places, especially in the implementation of the neo-liberal experiment, but a similar process nonetheless. > to capitalism. Is this fragmentation or genuine theoretical differences? > Philip Goldstein > Back in the saddle, sort of, Andy Department of History and Latin American Studies Trinity College Hartford, CT adaitsma-AT-trincoll.edu ------------------
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