Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] the insights of post-modernism

2008-03-13 Thread CeJ
And what, pray tell, are Hegel's answers? I wouldn't touch that with Hideki Matsui's heavy-barreled baseball bat. Except to say that there was a time, back in the 19th century, when to be an intellectual meant to agree or disagree about what Hegel's answers were. I don't think it is too much of

[Marxism-Thaxis] Frankfurt School study update: new Adorno discussion group

2008-03-13 Thread Ralph Dumain
Resulting from an ad hoc discussion of Theodor Adorno on a Hegel discussion list, a new yahoo group was established on 9 March for close readings and detailed discussions of Adorno's work: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adorno-Hegelhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adorno-Hegel I had alerted the

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] the insights of post-modernism

2008-03-13 Thread Phil Walden
Ah, well done Ralph you have reminded me that the Fredric Jameson book is actually entitled Postmodernism: or, the cultural logic of late capitalism. Utterly brilliant. Have people on this list got the point about postmodernism not being a policy (which can easily be reversed) but rather being a

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] the insights of post-modernism

2008-03-13 Thread Charles Brown
Aren't we also still in a modern condition too , at the same time. The post-modern condition hasn't ended the modern condition, as analyzed by lots of analyzers over the years. I guess the modern condition is capitalist alienation in its many forms. CB Phil Walden [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/13/2008

[Marxism-Thaxis] http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Detroit

2008-03-13 Thread Charles Brown
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[Marxism-Thaxis] Cultural materialism (anthropology)

2008-03-13 Thread Charles Brown
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[Marxism-Thaxis] Jack Lessenberry on Clinton

2008-03-13 Thread Charles Brown
Jack Lessenberry is a White liberal. Charles http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=12579 Hillary Rodham Nixon So is Barack Obama a Muslim? That's the question 60 Minutes' Steve Croft put to Hillary Clinton, in an interview aired just before her candidacy was brought back from

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] the insights of post-modernism

2008-03-13 Thread Ralph Dumain
Was there really a time when Hegel was THE MAN outside of the German principalities and foreign students in Berlin? Hegel was imported into a number of countries--the USA, UK, Italy, et al--but I never got the impression that everything revolved around where one stood on Hegel. Furthermore,

[Marxism-Thaxis] Cultural materialism (anthropology)

2008-03-13 Thread Charles Brown
Cultural materialism (anthropology) Cultural Material is an anthropological research orientation. It is based on the simple premise that human social life is a response to the practical problems of earthly existence.[1] It was influenced by the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, yet it

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Jack Lessenberry on Clinton

2008-03-13 Thread Ralph Dumain
Hillary is going down in flames and taking the Democratic Party with her. Doing those primaries over is a big waste of money. Just like prolonging the competition between her and Obama. I am rather indifferent to the dirty tricks, the personalities, and the minuscule substantive differences

[Marxism-Thaxis] You Do The Math...

2008-03-13 Thread Charles Brown
From Deborah: You Do The Math... ROMANCE MATHEMATICS Smart man + smart woman = romance Smart man + dumb woman = affair Dumb man + smart woman = marriage Dumb man + dumb woman = pregnancy OFFICE ARITHMETIC Smart boss + smart employee = profit Smart boss + dumb employee = production Dumb boss +

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Jack Lessenberry on Clinton

2008-03-13 Thread Charles Brown
Ralph Dumain Hillary is going down in flames and taking the Democratic Party with her. ^ CB: Yea. Doing those primaries over is a big waste of money. Just like prolonging the competition between her and Obama. ^^^ CB: Also, Clinton can't catch O anyway. I am rather

[Marxism-Thaxis] Olbermann Slams Clinton in Special Comment

2008-03-13 Thread Charles Brown
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[Marxism-Thaxis] randi rhodes

2008-03-13 Thread Charles Brown
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[Marxism-Thaxis] The Equal Rights Amendment

2008-03-13 Thread Charles Brown
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Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Democrats Face Racial Issue Again

2008-03-13 Thread Ralph Dumain
Given the emotional, personality-based childishness of both media and public response to these distractions, they have a certain efficacy independent of reason. I am rather indifferent to the allegedly offensive remarks of all these people. However, given the way things are, they have a

[Marxism-Thaxis] Obama on International Women's Day

2008-03-13 Thread Charles Brown
Senator Barack Obama released the following statement today on International Women's Day: This International Women's Day is a chance to reflect on the status of women in our societies, honor the extraordinary women whose courage and determination have shaped our lives, and rededicate

[Marxism-Thaxis] Ferraro Is Unapologetic for Remarks and Ends Her Role in Clinton Campaign

2008-03-13 Thread Charles Brown
March 13, 2008 Ferraro Is Unapologetic for Remarks and Ends Her Role in Clinton Campaign By JOYCE PURNICK Geraldine A. Ferraro resigned Wednesday from Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign finance committee but remained unapologetic for citing Senator Barack Obama’s race as the decisive

[Marxism-Thaxis] blaming all their misfortunes on whites?

2008-03-13 Thread Charles Brown
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/clinton-addresses-ferraro-backlash/index.html?ref=politics 17.March 12th, 2008 9:16 pm The Obama camp screamed bloody murder as well when the Clinton camp raised Obama’s admitted illegal drug use. The Clinton campaign is attacked as vicious for

[Marxism-Thaxis] Clinton Addresses Ferraro Backlash: Comments

2008-03-13 Thread Charles Brown
By Ariel Alexovich Hillary Rodham Clinton at the National Newspaper Publishers Association Presidential Forum. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski for The 1.March 12th, 2008 8:52 pm I can’t believe I actually used to support Ferraro. She’s a lunatic. — Posted by Get rid of bigots 2.March 12th, 2008

[Marxism-Thaxis] Barack Obama's camp furious at claim he is winning only because he is black

2008-03-13 Thread Charles Brown
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article3531113.ece March 11, 2008 Barack Obama's camp furious at claim he is winning only because he is black (Jeff Christensen/Reuters) Geraldine Ferraro ran, unsuccessfully, for vice-president in 1984 Tim Reid in

[Marxism-Thaxis] This is pitiful

2008-03-13 Thread Charles Brown
She (Ferraro) accused the Obama campaign of misrepresenting her remarks to hurt Mrs. Clinton, saying: “They have played the race card time after time after time. The campaign has a goal, which is to attack Hillary. They have to find a way and they can’t do it on experience, on issues, so they

[Marxism-Thaxis] Got a Problem? Ask the Super by G. Ferraro

2008-03-13 Thread Charles Brown
February 25, 2008 Op-Ed Contributor Got a Problem? Ask the Super By GERALDINE A. FERRARO AS the race for the Democratic presidential nomination nears its end and attention turns to the role of so-called superdelegates in choosing the nominee, it is instructive to look at why my party created

[Marxism-Thaxis] United for Peace and Justice,

2008-03-13 Thread Charles Brown
Please forward as widely as possible! Dear Friend of United for Peace and Justice, We are approaching 2 tragic milestones -- the 5th anniversary of the Iraq War and the 4,000 U.S. soldier killed during it. What the Iraqi people have lost is beyond counting. Taking action together is the only

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] This is pitiful

2008-03-13 Thread Ralph Dumain
At 01:51 PM 3/13/2008, Charles Brown wrote: Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64Content-Disposition: inline She (Ferraro) accused the Obama campaign of misrepresenting her remarks to hurt Mrs. Clinton, saying: “They have played the race card time after time after time. The campaign has a goal,

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] blaming all their misfortunes on whites?

2008-03-13 Thread Ralph Dumain
This person is wrong about Obama's motives and behavior. But otherwise there is something to the writer's cynicism. The problem is all this should have hashed out long ago, and in a less destructive fashion. It's too late now; Hillary is beaten, and unless she sticks to the high road, she

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Nice essay on television and cinema

2008-03-13 Thread Charles Brown
CeJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/12/2008 7:56 PM What exactly was all that? A review of a review that then turned into a critique of modern society? ^ CB: Yea, brainstorm Does anyone remember the clever Coen Bros film, Barton Fink. Perhaps they peaked with that film, if only they had then

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Clinton Addresses Ferraro Backlash: Comments

2008-03-13 Thread Ralph Dumain
All of this demonstrates why I can't get involved in this melee. As long as politics gets conducted on this level, how can anything get straightened out? However, the Clinton campaign, whichever way it goes, has to straighten itself out. The more fundamental problem is that the legitimacy

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Barack Obama's camp furious at claim he is winning only because he is black

2008-03-13 Thread Ralph Dumain
You see what a godawful mess this is? If the Dems and Americvan politics weren't so fucked up to begin with, things wouldn't have come to this. The Clintonites have no high ground to stand on. Of course Obama was given a free ride by the media until recently, just as Hillary got a free

[Marxism-Thaxis] Obama Wins Big in Mississippi Despite 'Limbaugh Effect'

2008-03-13 Thread Charles Brown
Obama Wins Big in Mississippi Despite 'Limbaugh Effect' By John K. Wilson, Huffington Post. Posted March 13, 2008. Obama won handily despite a sizable number of Republicans voting for Clinton in the Democratic primary. Tools 46 COMMENTS Anti-War Voters Trust McCain to Make Decisions About

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] This is pitiful

2008-03-13 Thread Charles Brown
March 13, 2008 Ferraro Is Unapologetic for Remarks and Ends Her Role in Clinton Campaign By JOYCE PURNICK Geraldine A. Ferraro resigned Wednesday from Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign finance committee but remained unapologetic for citing Senator Barack Obama’s race as the decisive

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] the insights of post-modernism

2008-03-13 Thread CeJ
RE: the insights of postmodernism I noticed my dictionary of philosophy, which I just consulted to see what an academic philosopher does to differentiate postmodernism from post-structuralism from deconstruction, spells PM without a hyphen but uses one for PS. For the academic whose publication

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] the insights of post-modernism

2008-03-13 Thread CeJ
However, if you look at the early figures in the so-called Anglo-Analytic tradition, you see they were Hegelians, left Hegelians, right-wing state Hegelians, proto-fascists or anti-Hegelians (including many of the pre-cursors of post-modernist philosophies, such as Nietzsche and Kierkegaard).

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] This is pitiful

2008-03-13 Thread Ralph Dumain
I don't claim to be a mind-reader, either of Ferraro's or of the sort of appeal she intends to make on her white listeners/primary voters. I don't make the inferences that you do, and I find them far-fetched. Of course, this could be a rare case in which I'm less cynical than I should be.