Re: Re: Zizek, Stalin and Bukharin

[Doug Henwood]

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:

>I'm looking forward to the PEN-L econ textbook, but no doubt some of my
>students will find it "biased."  The ruling ideas are in the interest of
>the ruling class, and those who go against common sense have to be prepared
>for a charge of "bias" and "tendentiousness."

There's a massive difference between writing with a point of view and 
misrepresenting the writings of someone else. When I summarize the 
views of people I disagree with, I try to do it as faithfully as 
possible. Not only because that's the right thing to do, but because 
anyone who's read the original won't take you seriously if your 
version is a crock.

Doug