identity (Re: [lbo-talk] Tony Judt on the death of liberalism inAmerica)

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

On 9/15/06, Angelus Novus <fuerdenkommunismus at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I don't want to spend anymore time on such a
> meta-discussion, so my last word on this is will be
> the following:
>
> Leninology is also a recently posting list member who
> remains anonymous.  The fact that nobody seems
> bothered by his anonymity seems proof that the issue
> is not my anonymity, but rather what I say.
>
> And as far as attention seeking, it is others who call
> attention to my anonymity.  If someone sincerely
> thinks I am a troll, then it would seem to me that
> ignoring a troll would be the best course of action.

As you know, I do not know "who you are" in the sense of social
identity, but I (think I) understand where you are coming from
politically; and you are certainly entitled to your persona* (though
I'm a little jealous of the name that you have assumed, as I am very
much fond of Walter Benjamin).

This is just a note about the "Lenin" of Leninology: most of us know
who "Lenin" is.  You can see his real name and pretty face at
<http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/seymour261105.html>.  :->

*  Foucault wished he could publish his work as a "masked
philosopher," anonymously, because "the effects of the book might land
in unexpected places and form shapes that I had never thought of.  A
name makes reading too easy."
-- 
Yoshie
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