The Baha'i Studies Listserv The following entry is from my glossary. Hopefully, it will spark some discussion:
ʾal-H̱ams ʾal-marāḥil ʾal-ṯawriyyaẗ (الأَرْبَع المَرَاحِل الثَوْرِيَّة), the five stages (or phases) revolutionary, are the five revolutionary stages, to my understanding, of the Lesser Peace (see the glossary entry, Ṣulḥ-i ʾAkbar): the contradictions of capitalism (see the glossary entry, ʾal-Tanāquḍāt ʾal-raꞌasmāliyyaẗ), total anarchy (see the glossary entry, ʾal-Fawḍaỳ ʾal-šāmilaẗ), cooperative communism (see the glossary entry, ʾal-Šuyūʿiyyaẗ ʾal-taʿawuniyyaẗ), rebuilding from the bottom up (see the glossary entry, ʾal-ꞌIʿādaẗ ʾal-bināˁ ʾal-ꞌasfal ꞌilaỳ ʾal-ꞌaʿlaỳ), and socialist global statism (see the glossary entry, ʾal-Naẓariyyaẗ ʾal-dawlaẗ ʾal-ʿālamiyyaẗ ʾal-ʾištirākiyyaẗ). I have, therefore, reversed the chronological order, given by Karl Marx, of communism and socialism. Globally, we are now in the contradictions of capitalism and moving into total anarchy. http://glossary.bahaifaith.info -- Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS Portal to 29 domains: http://markfoster.net<http://markfoster.net/> Current Project: http://glossary.bahaifaith.info<http://glossary.bahaifaith.info/> Internet Radio: http://markalanfoster.com<http://markalanfoster.com/> ________________________________ The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by the Johnson County Community College ("JCCC") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify JCCC by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-798550-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
