From: glevy@pratt.edu
Date: Sat Aug 23 2008 - 10:01:30 EDT
> Anyway, just quickly, the main point is this: if the Democrats use the > Left for a rightwing agenda, there are at least two aspects to that: > (1) the fact, that an original intention is co-opted, subverted and > parasitized, in a game where the pursuit of ends by some become the means > for others, the efforts of some are used or exploited for purposes that > they did not explicitly intend, or could possibly stand for. This is > already a complex notion (i.e. where do you precisely draw the line) which > could be understood in a moral-legal sense but also in a > military-political (power) sense or in a purely practical-technical sense. > You can phrase the same kind of thing in different ways, but without going > into Hegelese you know what I mean. Hi Jurriaan: What I think needs to be added isn't "Hegelese" but an explanation of how liberalism is transformed into something else during periods of war, revolution and crisis, and during the 'epoch' of imperialism. In solidarity, Jerry _______________________________________________ ope mailing list ope@lists.csuchico.edu https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/ope
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