<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> <DIV>Kelley said:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>>otherwise, it's the same fundamental, and very old aporia. marxist theory<BR>>and practice remains entrapped in a conception of societal domination and<BR>>liberated  subjectivity. It binds the realization of a critical<BR>>subjectivity to the social conditions of domination which, paradoxically,<BR>>are described as the absolute suppression of this critical subjectivity.<BR>>Yet, this situation is the "prerequisite" for the emergence of an<BR>>emancipated  subjectivity capable of redefining needs and concomitantly<BR>>constituting a truly liberated future.<BR></DIV> <DIV>Let me see if I got this straight (I've been peering at this for some time now): a problem with Marxism is that it possess the pre-conceived notion that society dominates people completely, even right down to their thoughts (hence, ideology), but people can free themselves from this domination due to this domination, especially with reference to the "thought control" i.e. this is the "liberated subjectivity" you mention.  Your second and third sentences basically reiterate what was said in the first.  The aporia you mention is that this i.e. the preceeding is what constitutes Marxist thought, yet this is not an accurate description of reality; therefore, Marxist thought has no bearing on reality.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Is that an accurate translation of your jargon (not that I have anything against words which are precise in their meaning, mind you)?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Todd</DIV></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href='http://go.msn.com/bql/hmtag_itl_EN.asp'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></html>