Yes, I thought Louis' heading was misleading. Nothing reactionary in the piece.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Anthony P. D'Costa, Chair & Professor of Contemporary Indian Studies Australia India Institute and School of Social & Political Sciences University of Melbourne, 147-149 Barry Street, Carlton VIC 3053, AUSTRALIA Ph: +61 3 9035 6161, http://www.aii.unimelb.edu.au/ <https://owa.unimelb.edu.au/owa/redir.aspx?C=KGdpeyp6YEyjUaiENKoAtx8nOn9uStAIlCVtCNE3uLxqkGIwkWdEYjJXILfPlddrM0Q1713syQQ.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.aii.unimelb.edu.au%2f> Podcast: https://theconversation.com/speaking-with-anthony-dcosta-on-the-challenges-facing-indias-economy-43913 ICAS 9 Adelaide: http://www.icas9.com/workshop-SASAA.php *New Book: *After-Development Dynamics (on South Korea) http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780198729433.do *Forthcoming Book: **http://www.tandf.net/books/details/9780415564953/ <http://www.tandf.net/books/details/9780415564953/>* *New Book Series (Dynamics of Asian Development)* *http://www.springer.com/series/13342 <http://www.springer.com/series/13342>* xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Charlie <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually, his piece is worth a read. > > 1. He is not the anti-immigrant implied by the selected quotation. > Counterpose: > > "One thing is clear: national sovereignty will have to be radically > redefined and new methods of global co-operation and decision-making > devised. First, in the present moment, Europe must reassert its > commitment to provide for the dignified treatment of the refugees. There > should be no compromise here: large migrations are our future, and the > only alternative to such a commitment is renewed barbarism (what some > call a ‘clash of civilisations’)." > > 2. He introduces a basic point of political economy, but does it apply > to globalized capitalism today or has it gone on in industrializing > capitalism for 150 years: > > "Refugees are the price we pay for a globalised economy in which > commodities – but not people – are permitted to circulate freely. The > idea of porous borders, of being inundated by foreigners, is immanent to > global capitalism." > > European immigration to the U.S. in the nineteenth century fed labor > shortage; Europe today, following the declining arc of U.S. capitalism > since 1973, is not in the same phase. > > full: > http://www.lrb.co.uk/v37/n18/slavoj-zizek/the-non-existence-of-norway > > . > The Hollow Colossus: http://www.hollowcolossus.com > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >
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