The old left, feeling threatened by the new left, joins the old right to form a new center. The new right, disillusioned by the progressive new center, joins the new left in a transitional battle against the new center, while reserving its best strength for the pending struggle against the new left after the fall of the new center. Thus is born new right anarchism. Henry C.K. Liu Seth Sandronsky wrote: > Ken, > > "Libertarian" is now linked to the right-wing in much the same way > "radical" is used to describe right-wingers at the Cato Institute. > > Seth Sandronsky > > >Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 13:19:02 -0600 > >From: Ken Hanly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: [PEN-L:2259] Re: Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: Re: Junk Science > > > >As I recall, anarchists have always referred to themselves as > "libertarians". > >Anarchists of all stripes have traditionally been leftist opponents of > capitalism > >and Chomsky is himself a type of anarchist libertarian. Only in the > last few > >decades has the term "libertarian" been associated with right wing > pro-market > >views such as those of the anarchist economist Rothbard or the > non-anarchist > >Nozick. The libertarian tradition was overwhelmingly leftist in > orientation. > >Unfortunately, the term is now associated with right-wing views. > > Cheers, Ken Hanly > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> In a message dated 1/17/99 11:03:04 PM Pacific Standard Time, > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> > >> << Subj: [PEN-L:2233] Re: Fwd: Re: Re: Junk Science > >> Date: 1/17/99 11:03:04 PM Pacific Standard Time > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doug Henwood) > >> Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >> >For myself, noting and agreeing with the assertion of the general > function > >> of > >> >institutions like MIT in capitalist society and as instruments of > expanded > >> >reproduction of that system, a few like Noam Chomsky do slip > through and > >> >manage to survive. > >> > >> It was explained to me once that at MIT, Chomsky is thought of as > the > >> Einstein of linguistics, a scientific giant. His politics are > marginal to > >> that reputation - just a personality quirk I guess. > >> > >> Doug >> > >> > >> Yeah Doug, it is amazing what is considered central and what is > marginalized. > >> I for one, consider some of Chomsky's politics to be an applied > extension of > >> some of his work in linguistics or at least not contradictory with > some of his > >> theses in linguistics. Certainly some of his work in linguistics > guided some > >> of his work on the political economy of the media under > capitalism--on > >> symbology, on class-interests and paradigms embodied in the rhetoric, > syntax > >> and loaded language of the media, etc. Also some of Chomsky's > deconstructing > >> the deconstructionists and some of his stuff on pomo I have seen > seemed to be > >> guided by some of his work in linguistics. > >> > >> Although I disagree with Chomsky on the term "left libertarian" which > I > >> believe is an oxymoron, no doubt that he has added richly and > significantly to > >> the study and documentation of the ugly and varied dynamics, > instruments and > >> consequences of imperialism and in his case, there is at least one > example > >> where tenure might protect competence instead of incompetence. > >> > >> Jim > >> > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> Subject: [PEN-L:2233] Re: Fwd: Re: Re: Junk Science > >> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 23:50:22 -0500 > >> From: Doug Henwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >> >For myself, noting and agreeing with the assertion of the general > function > >> of > >> >institutions like MIT in capitalist society and as instruments of > expanded > >> >reproduction of that system, a few like Noam Chomsky do slip through > and > >> >manage to survive. > >> > >> It was explained to me once that at MIT, Chomsky is thought of as the > >> Einstein of linguistics, a scientific giant. His politics are > marginal to > >> that reputation - just a personality quirk I guess. > >> > >> Doug > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
