[Marxism-Thaxis] Pierre Bourdieu and Erich Fromm
I'm trying to expand my horizons. One person who's work I'm looking into is Pierre Bourdieu. What are the key works from a marxist perspective? I'm also keen to find out any marxist critiques on his work - although I have to say from the little I have read it looks to be very much marxist but fully expanded to grasp both moments of the subject-object dialectic. Also, on Erich Fromm, I wonder if anyone has any critiques of his work (aside, that is, from Marcuse). On that latter, what are the opinions on Fromm's own critique of Marcuse - i.e. that he doesn't fully grasp psychoanalysis and that his method is weak because it is not informed by empirical data. Thanks for all responses. Yours, Domhnall _ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969 ___ 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
Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Why , oh, why are humans so thoroughly socially determined ?
On 5/28/10, CeJ jann...@gmail.com wrote: Why , oh, why are humans so thoroughly socially determined ? CB: Well, it worked to get across the death barrier for scores if not hundreds of generations. I'm not sure what you are talking about. Some of the Egyptian stuff and the others _did_ get across to us. We are not utterly ignorant of those cultures and lives. Yes, of course, so Cecil B. Demille could completely recreate Egyptian culture on screen for us. ^^^ CB: Ha ha. Egyptology has not completely failed; hieroglyphs have been translated, etc. There's the _Book of the Dead_, Cheikh Anta Diop (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheikh_Anta_Diop) claims that Aristotle looted the libraries of the Egyptian city that preceded Alexandria, so , if that's true, some Egyptian philosophy and knowledge may have been preserved through Aristotle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone Rosetta Stone For other uses, see Rosetta Stone (disambiguation). The Rosetta Stone is a multilingual stele, stele 3 in the series for Ptolemy III, IV, V that allowed linguists to begin the process of hieroglyph decipherment. Illustration of the Rosetta Stone The Rosetta Stone in the British MuseumThe Rosetta Stone is an Ancient Egyptian artifact which was instrumental in advancing modern understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing. The stone is a Ptolemaic era stele with carved text made up of three translations of a single passage: two in Egyptian language scripts (hieroglyphic and Demotic) and one in the classical Greek of the country's Greek rulers [2]. It was created in 196 BC, discovered by the French in 1799 at Rosetta, and transported to England in 1802. Once in Europe, it contributed greatly to the deciphering of the principles of hieroglyphic writing, through the work of the British scientist Thomas Young and the French scholar Jean-François Champollion. Comparative translation of the stone assisted in understanding many previously undecipherable examples of hieroglyphic writing. The text on the stone is a decree from Ptolemy V, describing the repeal of various taxes and instructions to erect statues in temples. Two Egyptian-Greek multilingual steles predated Ptolemy V's Rosetta Stone: Ptolemy III's Decree of Canopus, 239 BC, and Ptolemy IV's Decree of Memphis, ca 218 BC. The Rosetta Stone is 114.4 centimetres (45.0 in) high at its highest point, 72.3 centimetres (28.5 in) wide, and 27.9 centimetres (11.0 in) thick.[1] It is unfinished on its sides and reverse. Weighing approximately 760 kilograms (1,700 lb), it was originally thought to be granite or basalt but is currently described as granodiorite of a dark grey-pinkish colour.[2] The stone has been on public display at The British Museum since 1802. Etruscan is a dead language of unknown origin and affiliation. Egypt is now Arabic language. The 'ancient' cultures' to which you refer were not stone age, nor were they altogether as ancient as many people think. However, those cultures did not survive; they are extinct. CJ CB: How would you know that the cultures weren't as ancient, if none of their content didn't get through to you ? ___ 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
Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Goldman Sachs' profitable 'oil spill' of 2008.
The People are coming in to conflict with monopolies - Goldman and other Wall Street monopolies-giant businesses, BP, Healthcare giants - through crises , but there is no way to get it framed that way in the mass media. On 5/28/10, CeJ jann...@gmail.com wrote: Goldman Sachs' profitable 'oil spill' of 2008. I'll bet they also had a huge 'short' bet on the price of oil futures going into 2008 as well. The collapse in the price of oil (or at least leveraged speculation on the future price of oil) is most likely deep at the center of the financial turmoil of the past 3 years, but no one is paying much attention apparently. http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0413/096-sachs-semgroup-goldman-goose-oil.html except How Goldman Sachs was at the center of the oil trading fiasco that bankrupted pipeline giant Semgroup. When oil prices spiked last summer to $147 a barrel, the biggest corporate casualty was oil pipeline giant Semgroup Holdings, a $14 billion (sales) private firm in Tulsa, Okla. It had racked up $2.4 billion in trading losses betting that oil prices would go down, including $290 million in accounts personally managed by then chief executive Thomas Kivisto. Its short positions amounted to the equivalent of 20% of the nation's crude oil inventories. With the credit crunch eliminating any hope of meeting a $500 million margin call, Semgroup filed for bankruptcy on July 22. But now some of the people involved in cleaning up the financial mess are suggesting that Semgroup's collapse was more than just bad judgment and worse timing. There is evidence of a malevolent hand at work: oil price manipulation by traders orchestrating a short squeeze to push up the price of West Texas Intermediate crude to the point that it would generate fatal losses in Semgroup's accounts. What transpired at Semgroup was no less than a $500 billion fraud on the people of the world, says John Catsimatidis, the billionaire grocer turned oil refiner who is attempting to reorganize Semgroup in bankruptcy court. The $500 billion is how much the world would have overpaid for crude had a successful scam pushed up oil prices by $50 a barrel for 100 days. What's the evidence of this? Much is circumstantial. Proving oil-trading manipulation is difficult. But numerous people familiar with the events insist that Citibank, Merrill Lynch and especially Goldman Sachs had knowledge about Semgroup's trading positions from their vetting of an ill-fated $1.5 billion private placement deal last spring. Nothing's been proven, but if somebody has your book and knows every trade, it would not be difficult to bet against that book and put the company into a tremendous liquidity squeeze, says John Tucker, who is representing Kivisto. What's known for sure is that Goldman Sachs, through J. Aron Co., its commodities trading arm, was in prime position to use such data--and profited handsomely from Semgroup's fall. J. Aron was Semgroup's biggest counterparty, trading both physical oil flowing through pipelines and paper oil, in the form of options and futures. When crude oil peaked in July, Semgroup ran out of cash to meet margin requirements on options contracts it had with Aron, contracts on which it had paper losses of $350 million. Desperate to survive, Semgroup asked Aron to pony up $430 million it owed on physical oil. Aron said no, declared Semgroup in default on its contracts and demanded immediate payment of losses. ___ 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
[Marxism-Thaxis] Tragedy on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla!
Tragedy on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla! We need to organize a rally in Detroit immediately to protest this brutal attack on the humanitarian activists taking supplies to the besieged Gazans. Bill M. Breaking: Report: At least 10 activists killed as Israel Navy opens fire on Gaza aid flotilla http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/report-at-least-10-activists- killed-as-israel-navy-opens-fire-on-gaza-aid-flotilla-1.293089 --Over 60 pro-Palestinian campaigners wounded after six-ship convoy sailing for Gaza Strip ignored Israel's order to turn back, Turkish news reports. 31 May 2010 Israel Navy troops opened fire on pro-Palestinian activists aboard a six-ship aid flotilla sailing for the Gaza Strip, killing at least 10 and wounding several others after the convoy ignored orders to turn back, Turkey's NTV reported early Monday. The IDF also confirmed that two navy commandos had been wounded in fight, which apparently broke out after activists tried to seize their weapons. Gaza aid flotilla attacked, 10 killed http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=128420sectionid=351020202 31 May 2010 Israeli forces have attacked the international aid convoy Freedom Flotilla en route to the besieged Gaza Strip, killing at least 10 people and leaving more than 50 injured. The attack came on Monday morning after one of the six ships in the convoy was hit by Israeli navy forces before being stormed by commandos descending from helicopters. The interception reportedly took place in international waters, more than 150km (90 miles) off the coast of Gaza. Turkey summons Israeli envoy after deadly Gaza ship attack http://www.worldbulletin.net/news_detail.php?id=59258 --The report also said, Foreign Ministry has set up a crisis desk. 31 May 2010 Turkey has summoned Israeli envoy to condemn Israeli attack on Turkish Gaza aid ship on international waters. The move comes after Israeli troops shot dead two aid activists and wounded more than 30 on the ship, Turkish media said. Turkish Foreign Ministry has summoned Israeli envoy Gabby Levy to condemn the bloody action, Turkish TV, NTV, said. Protesters try to storm Israeli consulate in Turkey http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/protesters-try-to-storm-israe li-consulate-in-turkey-1.293172 --CNN-Turk and NTV televisions show dozens of angry protesters scuffling with Turkish police guarding consulate building in downtown Istanbul. 31 May 2010 Turkish police blocked dozens of stone-throwing protesters who tried to storm the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul over reports of an Israeli attack on at least one aid ship in international waters on Monday, news channels reported. CNN-Turk and NTV showed dozens of angry protesters scuffling with Turkish police guarding the consulate in downtown Istanbul. Damn Israel, the protesters shouted. ___ 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
