<html><DIV></DIV> <P>Doug Henwood writes:</P>>As for what Lenin means to Zizek, I've appended an excerpt from the <DIV></DIV>>conference announcement, which I think he wrote. The host of the <DIV></DIV>>conference, the Kulturwissenschaftliches Institute (KWI) of Essen, <DIV></DIV>>was scandalized by its contents; the president wrote Zizek a very <DIV></DIV>>distressed letter urging him to keep it "scientific," rather than <DIV></DIV>>"political," for fear that businesses might cut back on their <DIV></DIV>>funding <DIV></DIV>>of the KWI. Some papers were removed from the conference website <DIV></DIV>>too. <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>Doug <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <P>>---- </P> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>>>What a true Leninist and a political conservative have in common is <DIV></DIV>>>the fact that they reject what one could call liberal Leftist <DIV></DIV>>>'irresponsibility' (advocating grand projects of solidarity, <DIV></DIV>>>freedom, etc., yet ducking out when one has to pay the price for it <DIV></DIV>>>in the guise of concrete and often 'cruel' political measures) <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <P>A good example of why many leftists label Lenin as a right-wing despot.</P> <P>Joseph </P><br clear=all><hr>Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at <a href="http://www.hotmail.com">http://www.hotmail.com</a>.<br></p></html>