[lbo-talk] rethinking marxism

Wojtek Sokolowski sokol at jhu.edu
Wed Sep 27 07:31:47 PDT 2006


Is anyone on this list planning to attend the Rethinking Marxism conference in Amherst this October? Doug? Michael P.? Max? Yoshie? Jordan? Carl? Joanna? Anyone?

I was not sure about my October travel schedule so initially I did not plan to attend, but now it looks like a possibility. I missed the paper submission deadline and I am a little bit put off by the apparent heavy pomo/culturalist bias of the plenary sessions, but I still think that face-to-face (as opposed to virtual) contacts and exchanges are important.

BTW, I think that imperialism and globalization are essentially a good thing for the same reason Marx thought capitalism was essentially a good thing - it clears the field of petty nationalisms and their institutional appendages and separatist identities, and moves one step closer toward a global governance system that is a necessary condition for socialism.

Wojtek



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