Date sent: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 15:54:35 -0500
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Subject:Andre Gunder Frank, 1 of 3
The following passages are said to be excerpted from the introduction
Repeating posts here again. Will simply note that the
origins of modern democracy come from Scandinavia, not
Greece, a distant and very imperfect image/ideal. The
oldest continuously existing parliement is the Althing of
Iceland. These were/are small farmer societies with little
This just showed up on the Communist-Manifesto mailing-list. I haven't had
a chance to read it, but it should provoke some discussion related to
recent threads on the role of capitalism, etc. It is pretty radical stuff.
Part 2 tomorrow and 3 the next day.
Louis Proyect
