Sorry, thought you had identified yourself as post-M. I admire the search for true, as opposed to orthodox, views.
>Singular Mill, please. I am a great fan of John Stuart M.
Uday Mehta, among others, has written critically of John's, not James', views of empire. Haven't read it myself.
Do not remember (from the summaries I have read) the criteria for civilization James used. Probably something to do with property, patriarchy, commodification, and monetization--usually high markers of civilization.
> The thing about Marx is that he was a man of extraordinary cultivation of
>a >sort that I don't think is possible today, alas.
Who knows there may be a last marxist somewhere.
>Paul Thomas is wonderful. Do people on thsi list know his work? He wrote a
>fabulous book on marx and the Anarchists that is relevant to our debates
>about postmodernism. Alien Politics is also a great work and a very
>unconventional and thoughtful interpretation.
Let's leave it with such resounding agreement.
Best, Rakesh