----- Original Message ----- From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 2:56 PM Subject: RE: Zizek's (Cockburn's) Lenin
> Mark Jones wrote:
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> >> [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of Doug Henwood
> >> Sent: 03 May 2000 19:02
> >> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> >> Subject: Re: Zizek's (Cockburn's) Lenin
> >>
> >>
> >> Charles Brown wrote:
> >>
> >> >What's wrong with left jargon ?
> >>
> >> Formulaic, out-of-date, alienating, clunky. How's that for a start?
> >>
> >> Doug
> >>
> >
> >Sorry to be predictable but which bits of Marx/Lenin are out of date?
>
> Since when does Marx = "left jargon"? I can't think of any writer I
> find more enlightening, even exhilarating, to read.
>
> Lenin's another issue, though. I'm really curious about what of his
> is relevant to life in 2000. Reimagining a Lenin for today is one
> thing; making his formaldehyde-suffused corpse walk and talk is
> another.
>
> Doug