Date: Tue, 02 Aug 1994 15:49:28 -0400 (EDT) From: SCIABRRC-AT-ACFcluster.NYU.EDU Subject: Left and Right I just HAD to express a few thoughts with regard to Andy's recent posting. He's right... his "fairly innocent observations" did begin this thread on the LTV, and I'm very happy that he is "not bored in the slightest." I felt very flattered, as I hope Paul and the other contributors are too, that Andy has described it as "the most instructive interchange I've witnessed since I stopped taking classes and started giving them." Thanks much, Andy... and thanks too, to Paul for some very instructive postings. I have very much enjoyed the interchange. While I don't agree with everything Andy argues in his recent posting, I'm certainly very sensitive to his comments with regard to the Austrians and their "real historical political practice." I fully realize that several "free marketeers" of both the Austrian and Chicago schools, have given assistance to - or implicit sanction of - certain reactionary regimes. I do believe however, that their record in these matters is no worse (and perhaps a little better) than the record of some of their leftist adversaries who were apologists for Stalinism. There certainly is enough ugliness to go around on BOTH the left and the right. This said, however, I think that the Austrians, from a theoretical standpoint, have much to offer to a radical politics, albeit one that will probably differ significantly from previous notions. My own intellectual development has included a potpourri of influences from both "left" and "right". From my own perspective, the future of the radical project will partially depend upon an ability to look past the conventional left-right duality. There's a whole lot of work yet to be done. - 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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