Alex Izurieta wrote:
well... 'Understanding' denotes there is a certain 'logic'
underneath. What if there is any ? What if the so-called theory is a
non-theory, as pomos themselves pretend by aiming at being the
quintessence of 'deconstructionism' (of every theory, and consequently
I think it's fair to say that _most_ pomo is pretentious bs. Some of it is
good stuff, though, and I would definitely include Lyotard, Foucault and
Derrida as having made some valuable contributions. I agree with bill that
the substance is pretty simple, but I've noticed in trying to explain some
Here is a followup message by one of the members of the AIUSA staff (sent
via the chair of the AIUSA board) arguing that AI management did not
intimidate workers (although they did use legal challenges to exclude
leaders of the union drive from the bargaining unit). --NN
-- Forwarded
At 11:56 PM 10/30/96, Ajit Sinha wrote:
I'm glad that some part of academia has resisted turning completely
journalistic. It is the journalification of the world that Baudrillard wrote
so much about, which probably is the reason you got so much of problem with
him.
Oh, I see. Just as Lacan
Ok, sorry to interrupt all the yelling over things I don't quite
understand yet...But I have a question: I am pursuing a interdisciplinary
BA at the moment and am looking at grad schools...I am considering the
New School's Interdisciplinary Political Economy track. Is there anyone
out there
In the 80s, when I went to college, I read tons and tons of pomo and got my
degree in "Political Discourse." Since I'd worked in the developmental
disability rights movement, I was a prime candidate for using pomo, since
much of our work revolved around the cracks and contradictions in the
Hi Folks!
The other day I was at my dentist's office for checkup and
cleaning. As the dental assistant was scraping my teeth I was thinking: is
she blue collar or white collar worker? I know she is "unproductive"
worker. Can someone care to comment?
Tom Walker writes:In my view, people like Derrida are saying
something about language (and 'science' in the wider, European
sense) that is roughly similar to what Marx said about the
commodity in the section on the fetishism of the commodity in
Capital. "A commodity appears at first sight an
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I can't relate this to postmodernism but I can tell you something about
dental workers. If this person was scraping your teeth my guess is she is
a dental hygienist rather than a dental assistant, unless N. Dakota has
different practice standards. Dental hygiene is a licensed occupation and
At 02:08 PM 10/31/96 -0800, you wrote:
The other day I was at my dentist's office for checkup and
cleaning. As the dental assistant was scraping my teeth I was thinking: is
she blue collar or white collar worker? I know she is "unproductive"
worker. Can someone care to comment?
Pink
as someone who should be calling up his dentist at this moment
to schedule an appointment rather than respond to this question,
I have two additional points, in addition to Steve Hecker's
excellent answer:
(1) as almost all dental hygenists are women, many would call them "pink
collar"
Fikret Ceyhun wrote:
The other day I was at my dentist's office for checkup and
cleaning. As the dental assistant was scraping my teeth I was thinking: is
she blue collar or white collar worker? I know she is "unproductive"
worker. Can someone care to comment?
(1) The color of a
I promise I won't self-promote for a long time after this, but I have a
piece in the new issue of 21stC
(http://www.columbia.edu/cu/21stC/issue-2.1/henwood.htm) on Graciela
Chichilnisky's scheme to price environmental assets using financial theory
and then trade contracts on them. Chichilnisky is
Dear Comrades,
I am pitching for Ralph Nader. I would like to present arguments
for Nader and against Clinton/Dole for the upcoming presidential election
on Novermber 5th. I am hoping to convert some of you who have not decided
whether to vote for Clinton or stay home, and hopefully,
To Doug H., Anders S., Jim D., and others who are on the attack against pomo,
As I've read your various posts I find myself alternately wanting to
respond, but also at times being angry at the dismissive comments (they're
just incompetent), hostile interpretation of motives (because it's new!),
What about a productive worker who supplies an unproductive activity?
Say, a paper worker whose product goes to Wall Street?
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 916-898-5321
E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Doug's article was interesting. He critiqued the notion of pricing the
earth, the advocates of which say that we can just open up a market and
bet on the unknowns of the environment.
We did that in California. People could take out earthquake insurance.
When the claims turned out to be too
Dear Stephen,
To Doug H., Anders S., Jim D., and others who are on the attack against pomo,
As I've read your various posts I find myself alternately wanting to
respond, but also at times being angry at the dismissive comments (they're
just incompetent), hostile interpretation of motives
Steve Cullenberg wrote,
I have a suggestion given people's concern
about Marx and Derrida. What's wrong, good, obtuse, insightful, troubling,
about Derrida's _Specters of Marx_? A not completely innocent choice I
must confess.
I'm glad you brought that one up. I stood in the bookstore for
If you could explain it using
relatively simple, straightforward language, I'd appreciate it; that way we
can make sure that everybody can play (those who chimes in on the anti-pomo
side have to play by the same rules: anybody who uses terms like
"fetishism" or "commodity production" will
Tom Walker wrote:
I stood in the bookstore for about 20
minutes leafing through _Spectres of Marx_ hoping for some clue of an excuse
to buy it, take it home and read it.
So, Steve, tell us: what's the story? What's it about?
Oh, yeah: why don't you ask him to summarize _Capital_ for a 30
I gather that Reagan's tax cuts did not reduce the deficit. However, I seem to
recall that tax revenue may have increased in some years after the cuts.
I also know that incomes of the top quintile increased. What happened at the
bottom? Has someone a summary widely available reference on this?
Dear Nathan;
I think you're right. It has also been my experience that when a group
massively withdraws a petition to organize, they have been subject to some
form of systematic harrassment. I had forgotten all about Taft-Hartley until
I read your earlier message. This has been used
I think clean teeth are a product.
I also think that the prejudice against service workers as not at the heart
of production arises out of the fact that most service workers are women,
hence not worthy of MANLY consideration in revolutionary theory,
if this message sounds a tad sarcastic, it is
Jerry Levy wrote,
Oh, yeah: why don't you ask him to summarize _Capital_ for a 30 second
soundbite for "Nightline"? Summaries of the "story" of Hegel's _Science
of Logic_, Lenin's _Philosophical Notebooks_, Negri's _Marx After Marx_,
and Althusser's + Balibar's _Reading Capital_ in no more than
Hi Folks!
The other day I was at my dentist's office for checkup and
cleaning. As the dental assistant was scraping my teeth I was thinking: is
she blue collar or white collar worker? I know she is "unproductive"
worker. Can someone care to comment?
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