Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 16:44:59 -0400 From: kp10-AT-Cornell.edu (Kathy Purnell) Subject: Intro Hi! Some of you may already know me from the odd "conceal" message that was sent worldwide which (inadvertently) revealed my identity to the universe (Sorry!). My name is Kathy Purnell and I am a graduate student in political theory at Cornell University. I am interested in Marx, 18th century political thought, theories/empirical studies of nationalism and post-colonial theory. I also (like several of you) believe that Laclau and Mouffe are pretty "empty" philosophically -- laclau's thoughts on social antagonism, how it reflects the "limit of all objectivity," and his description of how we ought to engage in a new "emancipatory" politics are unsatisfying to me. I look forward to talking to all of you about Marx and Marxist thought. The idea, however, of starting with Capital makes me nervous...could we start with something smaller like a close reading of Marx's earlier works (1844 manuscripts, other selections in Tucker's Marx/Engel's Reader, for example)? ------------------
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