<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/3/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Angelus Novus</b> <<a href="mailto:fuerdenkommunismus@yahoo.com">fuerdenkommunismus@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>Just one of the many shortcomings of Anarchism is that<br>it lacks a critique of ideology. Instead, all it<br>knows is denunciation of ideology. You've just proved<br>that yet again.</blockquote><div><br> </div><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Until you develop an inkling<br>of the pull that reified social relationships exercise<br>upon human consciousness, your contribution to
<br>effecting any social change will tend towards null.</blockquote><div><br><br>So, tell me. What is the "critique of ideology" that you favor. Can you state it clearly? Is "ideology" a stable concept or simply a loose notion. If it is a stable concept please define it for me.
<br><br></div></div>What is the "pull that reified social relationships exercise upon human consciousness"? As an entry level question: Do "reified social relationships" only pull on the "consciousness" of homo sapiens or does it also pull on other animals that might be said to have societies?
<br><br>Thank you in advance.<br><br>Jerry<br><br><br>