Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
Ricardo is implying that if you are born rich in the Third World,
you are of necessity forever trapped in the aristocratic ideology
of enjoying leisure dependence upon servants, moreover endorsing
the social relations that give you many servants who wait upon you,
Ricardo Duchesne wrote:
Like to read her exact words. Know she likes the good life,
Columbia's salary, speaking tours, expensive Indian garments,
servant baths and all.
So should she wear a hair shirt and live on table scraps instead?
Doug
Columbia faculty get servant baths?
Gee. Inequality
Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
Ricardo is implying that if you are born rich in the Third World,
you are of necessity forever trapped in the aristocratic ideology of
enjoying leisure dependence upon servants, moreover endorsing the
social relations that give you many servants who wait upon you,
On Thu, 24 May 2001, Doug Henwood wrote:
Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
Ricardo is implying that if you are born rich in the Third World,
you are of necessity forever trapped in the aristocratic ideology of
enjoying leisure dependence upon servants, moreover endorsing the
social relations that
Stephen E Philion wrote:
I had the chance out here in Hawaii to see Harvey and Spivak speak last
month. Harvey, as dry as his speaking style is, was clearly making links
between issues of globalization, culture, envronment and political
economy. Spivak's talk was very frustrating on the other
The Big Boys she meant were left political economists and such, not
the ruling class. But you're right that her comments on political
economy aren't any great shakes.
Doug
Spivak isn't a political economist, but she's willing to engage
political economy. Her work and informed critique of
By the standards of world historians - or anyone who disagrees
that Europe was uniquely prepared for modern capitalism, or that
by the 16th-17th centuries capitalism was fully underway in
England, Brenner, Wood, including Anderson, and all the British
Marxist historians ARE eurocentric.To the
with equally serious arguments. It's no wonder Brenner wouldn't care to
debate the issues with you, you can't even acknowledge that your opponents
are worthy of respect for taking your arguments seriously enough that they
give sustained and careful responses to them.
Steve
Actually, I began
