The Baha'i Studies Listserv Peace, It's interesting how words shift from their original meaning, in the public's usage. Thanks for explaining the differences between the intellectual left and liberalism.
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 6:49 PM, Mark A. Foster <[email protected]> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > A recent addition to one of my online books<http://unities.bahaifaith.info/> > : > > There may be some value, at this point, in briefly distinguishing the > intellectual left, as I am using the term, from liberalism. Social and > economic justice and human rights, for example, describe a set of > emancipatory concerns which often characterize the intellectual left. On > the other hand, individual freedom or liberty is, by definition, a liberal > issue. Strictly speaking, both pro-choice and pro-life views on abortion > are liberal positions. Those on the pro-choice side focus upon the > reproductive > freedom of the mother. Pro-lifers, however, are primarily interested in > the freedom or liberty of the fetus to come to term. The capitalist free > market is classic economic liberalism. > --- > Mark A. Foster, Ph.D., sociology of religion, theory, and clinical > sociology > Portal: www.markfoster.net * Critical realism: www.structurization.com > Two books: www.bahaifaith.info * Clinical: www.fosterservices.com > > > __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-632285-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] 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/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
