On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 09:29 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> At 9:14 PM -0600 1/8/03, Jeffrey Fisher wrote:
>> do you (or yoshie) really seriously believe that deleuze, guattari,
>> hardt, and negri are counter-revolutionaries?
>
> I believe they have mostly been counter-productive rather than
> counter-revolutionary, but any impact that they might have had, one
> way or another, must be small, given the sort of audiences for whom
> they write, despite favorable write-ups in the mass media that
> _Empire_ has received. Brennan's criticism is well written and worth
> reading, though.
they sure get a lot of flak for people who write for such a small audience. why not just ignore them if they're so insignificant? am i right that empire is one of the biggest books of left (or "left," if you prefer) political theory in quite some time? or is that just wrong wrong wrong? i admit i haven't looked at numbers, but its impact is pretty hard to write off, seems to me.
in what ways have they actually been counterproductive? drawing potential revolutionaries away from the mass leftist movements otherwise exerting so much influence on the US/global political landscape?
in any case, brennan does look worth reading, and i'm happy to have seen that he has a sustained article on empire, although i admit i anticipate being very frustrated. ;-)
curious for tom seay's take on it, too . . .
j