The Baha'i Studies Listserv Marxism can have two meanings. It can refer to a particular political position or it can refer to a methodology used in the Social Scientists. Our list owner Mark Foster, who is a professor of sociology often utilizes a marxist methodology in his scholarship. At least he did. I think he may have moved away from it of late.
On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Stephen Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > Anyways, why does a Baha'i list have occassional discussions on Marxism and > Communism, which is/are anti-religious state atheistic? A possible exception > would be if we were talking about the House of Worship in Turkmenistan > (which never happens). > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD_Faith_in_Turkmenistan > > Also, Turkmenistan is a weird former Soviet Republic. It's a one party state > unlike the others who have accepted multi party systems. > > Democracy Index scores > > Flawed democracy > Estonia 7.61 > Lithuania 7.24 > Latvia 7.05 > Moldova 6.33 > > Hybrid regime > Ukraine 5.94 > Georgia 4.74 > Kyrgystan 4.34 > Armenia 4.09 > > Authoritarian regime > Russia 3.92 > Kazakhstan 3.24 > Belarus 3.15 > Azaerbaijan 3.14 > Tajikistan 2.54 > > Clearly authoritarian (totalitarian) regime > Uzkbekistan 1.74 > Turkmenistan 1.72 > > Oh, Uzbekistan is in a simmilar level. Remember, > Uz-Beki-Beki-Beki-Beki-Stan-Stan! > > From: Susan Maneck <[email protected]> > To: Baha'i Studies <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 2:32 PM > Subject: Re: Intellectual Right > > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > Dear Stephen, > > This is a Baha'i list and as such we try and veer away from partisan > politics. Speaking as a historian, though, I think it is clear that > the meanings of words like 'liberal' have changed over time. The 19th > century use of the term 'liberal' might better describe a libertarian > today in terms of policies, but the purpose of those policies are now > quite different. The classical liberals opposed the privileges of the > aristocratic classes, however modern libertarians tend to support > policies which increase economic disparities. > > Also, I might mention something about the use of the term 'left' and > 'right.' These terms grow out of the seating arrangement of the > Estates General (the French version of Parliament) on the eve of the > French Revolution. The aristocrats and the churchmen sat on the right > whereas the common people sat on the left. So what the terms really > denote is the support of privilege vs. the common people. > > warmest, Susan > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to > mailto:leave-659327-1719008.2a3842ae5b2f7d34dd5fdfc724616...@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] > > __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-659347-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@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]
