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>--- Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
>Doug himself, in
>> his original account
>> of Negri & Hardt, made _the_ damning criticism:
>> their utter vagueness in
>> suggesting the practical import of their
>> maunderings
>
>Carrol,
>
>Hardt and Negri examine the present political and
>ontological landscape in "Empire".
>
>It is true that they dont prescribe exact actions to
>be taken in "Empire". There is no recipe book for
>this novel situation...the desires and movements that
>form as we go forward will determine the various
>directions that the multitudes take. I think Hardt
>and Negri are quite conscious of the fact that they
>dont have a recipe book...and would have it no other
>way.
I made that criticism, but I also said the book was richly suggestive for what the praxis-minded should do. For those practical minds who were open to fresh experience, of course.
Doug