Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 07:04:26 -0400
Subject: Re: theory and marx


Taking a cue from Mimi - if we move away from binarizing and ask "what
*counts* as activism" - certain theories may emerge. and ask "what *counts*
as Theory" - certain "valid" activist contexts might emerge and this may in
fact reveal some problems with our theories and practises?

r

At 12:55 AM 8/14/00 -0700, you wrote:
>At 03:33 AM 8/14/00 -0400, you wrote:
>>and secondly i'd like to know just how poco, post-structuralist, or
>>post-modern
>>theory etc. has helped their practice. this is not a rhetorical or facetious
>>question. i'm just mystified as to how you go about applying these bodies of
>>theory to solving the problems of every day life.......... and by the way
>>the Manifesto is the highest form of theory, that which actually guides
>>practice.
>
>As an activist/academic, I find that the theory's been extremely useful in 
>thinking about
>my activism's representational strategies, which are immensely important when
>trying to change minds and inspire critical thinking. Also, I suppose this 
>question
>hangs on the larger question of what counts as "activism."
>
>Mimi Nguyen 
>
>
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