[lbo-talk] merely cultural

[Rakesh Bhandari]

How are Christian commitments changing in the course of this war on 
so called Islamo fascism? What is the nature of the Christian 
Right--supposedly surprising findings in a new book by Michael Hout? 
How is the rally cry for a return to natural arrangements ( read: 
submission to patriarchal families and avoidance of social, personal 
and aesthetic experimental) feeding on the hysteria about gay 
marriage and the dangers of technologically assisted reproduction and 
genetic engineering? The merely cultural obviously cannot be ignored; 
Marxists don't have much to say about what is important and pivotal 
here. A pluralistic approach is needed. As for mutual recognition, 
Axel Honneth's forthcoming book on reification will prove important, 
including the replies by the respondents.
Rakesh