Ralph you say that you are "not terribly impressed to show a favorable attitude towards philosophies just because some of their proponents were political progressive individuals. This shows a rather provincial approach to intellectual problems and their broader ideological implications." I am intrigued by this because although I look to a range of philosophical resources - Hegel, Marx, Adorno, Jameson, etc - they do tend for me to be politically progressive figures.
I wonder if you can give any examples of how you find non-politically progressive individuals to be fruitful? Phil Walden -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ralph Dumain Sent: 03 April 2008 05:08 To: marxism-thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu Subject: Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Vienna Circle etc. I wonder if this is unequivocally true about the Frankfurters. For sure, Adorno, Horkheimer, and Marcuse had an animus against positivism, but it is not necessarily the case that they viewed the neopositivists themselves as reactionaries. The closest approach to specific animosity I can think of is some correspondence in the '30s I read about where Horkheimer refused to participate in dialogue with Neurath, but I don't trust my memory. I would like to point out for the general purpose of such discussions, I am not terribly impressed to show a favorable attitude towards philosophies just because some of their proponents were political progressive individuals. This shows a rather provincial approach to intellectual problems and their broader ideological implications. At 08:09 PM 4/2/2008, Jim Farmelant wrote: > >On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 09:53:37 +0100 "rasherrs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >writes: > > Thank you for the help in relation to the Vienna Circle. It is a > > circle > > that has been much misunderstood in radical left circles. When I was > > in my > > late teens I was led to the view that it was a crassly reactionary > > group. > >The Frankfurters in particular pushed that view of the >Circle, as did many Soviet or pro-Soviet writers, >who emphasized Leninist opposition to Machism. _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
