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> >Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 13:12:09 -0600
>>From: Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu>
>>Subject: Re: Negri on PA [edited]
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>>> Negri:
>>> > >Nationalism is a form that is no longer functional.
>>> >And sovereignty is a dangerous illusion."
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>>Translated into demotic English: TINA.
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>Oh come on Carrol, I've just finished Empire and whether
>or not you think its useful its clearly an attempt to
>outline an alternative DESPITE that fact that
>"Nationalism is a form that is no longer functional.
>And sovereignty is a dangerous illusion."
>
>You can disagree with the quote OR disagree with
>his alternative (which I do) but its a bit crass
>to deny the whole point of the book!
I love the way Negri gets under the old-timers' skins. And Negri himself is older than a lot of the old-timers.
Doug