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<DIV><FONT size=2>You're both right, but it's not peculiar to the US left. Perry
Anderson's "Considerations on Western Marxism" (1979) is still well worth
reading as an examination of how dashed hopes in a working class revolution
moved many Western left-wing intellectuals away from materialism to
idealism, from politics and economics to culture and philosophy -- a trend which
would later culminate in postmodernism. (I hope this last reference doesn't
reopen another stale debate on that subject).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Marv Gandall</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=lookoverhere1@yahoo.com href="mailto:lookoverhere1@yahoo.com">Chris
Doss</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org
href="mailto:lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org">lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 25, 2004 9:02 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [lbo-talk] A 'Progressive
Conference'</DIV>
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<DIV>Dollars and Sense is a pretty good left econ pub too, but suffers
from<BR>the same low readership problem. The problem is that any Left
position<BR>is mightily unpopular in the US (it is a Dog's country, after
all) and<BR>those who are attracted to it are idealistic/culturalistic
types, often<BR>with upper middle class background, who do not give two shits
about how<BR>the real world really works.<BR><BR>Wojtek<BR>--</DIV>
<DIV>Maybe I'm mistaken, but I think a lot of the US left tends to be big on
moralizing and short and facts. Moralizaing's all well and good, but be sure
you know what you're talking about first. (Are you listening,
Counterpunch?)</DIV>
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