Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 22:58:38 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: [postanarchism] Ernesto Laclau: "Foreward to Saul Newman's From: "stevphen shukaitis" <stevphen-AT-mutualaid.org> oh come on now - there's no reason why people just can't go and rip a copy off from a big, fat corporate bookstore like barnes and nobles and borders. i'm sure that some of them are sure to carry it, right - or at least in NYC and the larger cities next to bigger markets. and besides - that way the book company and saul get money, the shitty corporate store loses money, you get a nice shiny new copy of the book - and the world is a brighter, happier place - or at least is a little closer to such. solid, stevphen > Hi Bryan, > I'm sorry about the cost of my book. Unfortunately I have no say with the > publishers here - they are responsible for the marketing. I wish it was > cheaper and in a paperback edition. > But apparently there are still copies available and they said to me that > if > we can get a group of people together who are interested then they may be > able to offer them a 50% discount. > So if people are interested I can get in contact with the marketing people > at Lexington Books. > Saul > > > At 10:40 AM 3/12/2003 -0800, you wrote: >>does this mean that it will be reprinted? possibly at >>a more affordable cost?(fingers crossed) >> >>bryan >> >>--- "J.M. Adams" <ringfingers-AT-yahoo.com> wrote: >> > "Foreward to Saul Newman's 'From Bakunin to Lacan: >> > Antiauthoritarianism and the Dislocation of Power'" >> > >> > by Ernesto Laclau >> > >> > Contemporary political analysis is increasingly >> > centered on the complexities that the multifarious >> > forms of the relation power/resistance show in >> > present >> > day societies. Gone are the times in which the locus >> > of power could be referred to in a simple and >> > unequivocal way - as in the notion of a 'dominant >> > class'. Today, the proliferation of social agents >> > and >> > the increasingly complex fabric of relations of >> > domination have led to approaches which tend to >> > stress >> > the plurality of networks through which power is >> > constituted, as well as the difficulties in >> > constructing more totalizing power effects. This, in >> > turn has led to a transformation of the discursive >> > logics attempting to grasp such plurality and >> > complexity. >> > >> > One of the merits of Dr. Newman's book is that it >> > presents a clear and precise description of how the >> > various poststructuralist approaches - mainly >> > Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari, Derrida and Lacan - >> > have dealt with this question of the reconfiguration >> > of power in our societies. The central category >> > organizing the whole argument is that of >> > 'essentialism'; the various theoretical approaches >> > are >> > discussed in terms of their ability to supersede the >> > foundationalism which had marred most of the >> > traditional approaches to power. A second merit of >> > the >> > book is its attempt at linking the contemporary >> > discussion to the classical formulations of the >> > anarchist critique of Marxism. The anarchist roots >> > of >> > present day libertarian politics are explored in a >> > very rigorous and novel way. The discussion of >> > Stirner, in particular, is highly original. It >> > throws >> > new light on the ways in which the latter's >> > forgotten >> > work represents an important link in the development >> > of a political theory which avoids the pitfalls of >> > both state-centered socialist approaches and >> > anarchist >> > humanism. >> > >> > The reader will find in Dr. Newman's book a highly >> > rigorous, original and insightful discussion of some >> > of the most crucial issues in contemporary political >> > theory. >> > >> > ====>> > ""Marx says, revolutions are the locomotives of >> > world history. But perhaps it is really totally >> > different. Perhaps revolutions are the grasp by the >> > human race traveling in this train for the emergency >> > brake." >> > >> > - Walter Benjamin >> > >> > __________________________________ >> > Do you Yahoo!? >> > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard >> > http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree >> >> >>__________________________________ >>Do you Yahoo!? >>Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now >>http://companion.yahoo.com/ > > ------------------------------------ > Dr Saul Newman > Postdoctoral Fellow > Department of Political Science > University of Western Australia > 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley > WA 6009 > AUSTRALIA > Ph: (61 8) 9380-2487 > Fax: (61 8) 9380-1060 > The University of Western Australia: CRICOS Provider No. 00126G > > >
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