DOCSLIB.ORG

Dialectics for the New Century

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Dialectics for the New Century Dialectics for the New Century Edited by Bertell Ollman and Tony Smith Dialectics for the New Century January2008 MAC/DAL Page-i 9780230_535312_01_previii This page intentionally left blank Dialectics for the New Century Edited by Bertell Ollman and Tony Smith January2008 MAC/DAL Page-iii 9780230_535312_01_previii Introduction, editorial matter, Selection, © Bertell Ollman & Tony Smith 2008; all remaining chapters © respective authors 2008 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2008 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN-13: 9780230535312 hardback ISBN-10: 0230535313 hardback This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Dialectics for the new century / edited by Bertell Ollman and Tony Smith. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0230535313 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Dialectic. 2. Dialectical materialism. 3. Philosophy, Marxist. I. Ollman, Bertell. II. Smith, Tony, 1951 B809.8.D483 2007 146.32“dc22 2007051219 10987654321 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham and Eastbourne January2008 MAC/DAL Page-iv 9780230_535312_01_previii Contents List of Contributors vii 1. Introduction 1 Bertell Ollman and Tony Smith 2. Why Dialectics? Why Now? 8 Bertell Ollman 3. Dialectics and Systems Theory 26 Richard Levins 4. The Dialectics of Nature and Marxist Ecology 50 John Bellamy Foster 5. I’ll Make You an Offer You Can’t Refuse 83 Bill Livant 6. Dialectics of Emergence 85 Lucien Sève 7. The Dialectics of Spacetime 98 David Harvey 8. Persistencies of the Dialectic: Three Sites 118 Fredric Jameson 9. The Dialectics of Walking on Two Legs 132 Bill Livant 10. Dialectical Transformations: Teleology, History and Social Consciousness 135 István Mészáros 11. Dialectics and Revolution: Trotsky, Lenin, Lukács 151 Michael Löwy 12. Dialectics and Revolution, Now 163 Savas Michael-Matsas 13. Towards a Systematic Dialectic of Globalization 179 Tony Smith v January2008 MAC/DAL Page-v 9780230_535312_01_previii vi Contents 14. The Hole in Hegel’s Bagel 199 Bill Livant 15. The Dialectic of Capital: An Unoist Interpretation 200 Thomas T. Sekine 16. Systematic Dialectic 211 Christopher J. Arthur 17. Marxist Feminist Dialectics for the Twenty-first Century 222 Nancy Hartsock 18. Dialectic as Praxis 235 Joel Kovel 19. Livant’s Cure for Baldness 243 Bill Livant 20. Dialectics and Wisdom 246 Ira Gollobin Index 260 January2008 MAC/DAL Page-vi 9780230_535312_01_previii List of Contributors Christopher J. Arthur, Department of Philosophy (Emeritus), University of Sussex, England John Bellamy Foster, Department of Sociology, University of Oregon, US Ira Gollobin, lawyer and independent scholar, US Nancy Hartsock, Department of Political Science, University of Wash- ington, US David Harvey, Department of Anthropology, City University of New York, US Fredric Jameson, The Literature Program, Duke University, US Joel Kovel, Division of Social Studies, Bard College, US Richard Levins, School of Public Health, Harvard University, US Bill Livant, Department of Psychology, University of Regina, Canada Michael Löwy, National Center for Scientific Research, Paris, France István Mészáros, Department of Philosophy (Emeritus), University of Sussex, England Savas Michael-Matsas, University of Athens, Greece Bertell Ollman, Department of Politics, New York University, US Thomas T. Sekine, School of Commerce, Aichi-Gakuin University, Japan Lucien Sève, independent scholar, France Tony Smith, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Iowa State University, US vii January2008 MAC/DAL Page-vii 9780230_535312_01_previii 1 Introduction Bertell Ollman and Tony Smith If one were to attempt to define in a single word the focus, so to speak, of the whole [Marx/Engels] correspondence, the central point at which the whole body of ideas expressed and discussed converges – that word would be dialectics. The applic- ation of materialist dialectics to the reshaping of all political economy from its foundations up, its application to history, natural science, philosophy and to the policy and tactics of the working class – that was what interested Marx and Engels most of all, that was where they contributed what was most essential and new, and that was what constituted the masterly advance they made in the history of revolutionary thought. (Lenin, 1973, 554) With such excellent press – for similar comments can be found in the works of Trotsky, Lukács, Gramsci, Luxemburg, Mao, and Sartre – one might have thought that, at least among Marxists, dialectics would be well understood by now and dialectical studies the norm rather than the exception. As we all know, this is not the case. In an 1858 letter to Engels, Marx said that if time permits he would like to write something to clarify his rational reconstruction of Hegel’s dialectical method (Marx and Engels, 102). With the urgent demands of his life as a revolutionary and his work on political economy spreading far beyond its initial confines, Marx never found the time to return to dialectics. It was left for his followers to construct this dialectic from his widely dispersed remarks on this subject and from the use to which he put dialectics in his theories. Without Marx’s guidance, however, the chief result has been a century and more of bitter disputes that has left some Marxist scholars – Althusserians a generation ago, those who call 1 October2007 MAC/DAL Page-1 9780230_535312_02_cha01 2 Introduction themselves ‘Analytical Marxists’ more recently – urging that we abandon dialectics altogether. But no idea can be grasped apart from its form, and the form of all of Marx’s theories is dialectical. Hence, so long as Marxism helps us understand the world, we will need to study dialectics in order to improve our understanding of Marxism. The present volume is not intended as an ‘Introduction to Dialectics,’ nor as a systematic restatement of what it is or of how to use it, nor as a survey of the main debates going on in this field, though something of each will be found in the following pages. It would be an exaggeration, too, to claim that the collection offers an adequate overview of the current state of dialectical thought, though several varieties of Marxist dialectics are represented here. Instead, we have simply tried to showcase some of the more important Marxist thinkers now working on dialectics. It is not surprising, there- fore, that – taken as a whole – what they have written also constitutes an unusual ‘Introduction to Dialectics,’ an uneven but still systematic restatement of what it is and of how to use it, a survey of the main debates in the field, and – through its variety – as good a picture of the current state of the art of dialectics as one is likely to find. Is a brief definition of ‘dialectics’ possible? In the history of Western thought the term has meant quite different things in different contexts.1 Dialectics in the Western tradition is customarily said to begin with Heraclitus. He insisted that the cosmos was in endless flux, in contrast to those for whom ‘true’ reality was immutable. For Socrates, dialectic had less to do with the dynamism of the cosmos than with the dynamism of intellectual discussion when pushed forward by challenges to the underlying assumptions of interlocutors. Aristotle then systematized Socratic dialectic, treating it as a form of argument that fell some- where between rhetoric and logic. While dialectical speech, like rhetoric, aimed at persuasion, Aristotle believed its efforts to overcome disagree- ments through rational discussion made it more like logic. Unlike logical argumentation, however, dialectical speech does not derive necessary consequences from universally accepted premises. Instead, by revealing the contradictions in particular arguments, it forces their modification or even abandonment, and moves the contending parties closer to a rational consensus. This notion of dialectics continued to hold sway in Western philosophy throughout the medieval and early modern periods. A major shift occurred with Kant. For him, ‘dialectics’ does not refer to a process
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Ideas Theory Policies Experience Discussion Amr Subscriptions  
    AMRAustralian Marxist Review – Journal of the Communist Party of Australia #66 December 2017 $5 Imperialism and Revolutionary Optimism IDEAS THEORY POLICIES EXPERIENCE DISCUSSION AMR SUBSCRIPTIONS AMR 4 issues are $25 including postage within Australia. Please fill out the form below (or a copy) and send to: AMR Subscriptions, 74 Buckingham St, Surry Hills NSW 2010. Subscription type: New Renewal Gift Commence subscription on: Current Issue Issue number: ____ Optional subscription to The Guardian, the CPA’s weekly newspaper: 12 months: $100 ($80 conc / $150 solidarity) 6 months: $55 ($40 conc / $80 solidarity) Your details Name: . Postal address: . Email address: . Phone number: . Gift to (if applicable) Name: . Postal address: . Email address: . Phone number: . Payment details Cheque / money order (made out to “Communist Party of Australia”) attached. Please debit my credit card Mastercard Visa for the amount: $ _____ Card number: Expiry date: / Name on card (Please print) . Signature:. Payment details can also be phoned or emailed in: Phone: + 61 2 9699 8844 Email: [email protected] Contents Editorial . i Caliban’s children: dehumanisation and imperialism. 1 Beyond media sensation, religion and democracy: A class analysis of political developments in Turkey. 5 On the illegality of war. 10 Richard Levins, ecological agriculture, and revolutionary optimism. 19 The Undesirables – Inside Nauru. 26 Abstracts from World Socialism Research, a new journal from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. 30 Editorial
    [Show full text]
  • Streeten's Major Writings Paul Marlor SWEEZY
    .... 642 Paul Marlor SWEEZY Paul Marlor SWEEZY 643 I out agreeing with the late David McCord Wright, who once said, 'When It was under these circumstances that acquired a mission in life, not all at once and self-consciously, but gradually and through a practice that had a logic of its people tell me I am fuzzy, I reply, "life is fuzzy'", the heterodox dis�enters own. That mission was to do what I could to make Marxism an integral and prefer, I think, to be accused of fuzziness. They prefer to be vaguely nght to respected part of the intellectual life of the country, or, put in other terms, to take being precisely wrong. It is a matter of taste. The orthodox may say, part in establishing a serious and authentic North American brand of Marxism. 'Reductionism is not the occupational disease of economists, it is their occu­ pation.' But if in the process they throw out the baby instead of the bathwater, In pursuing these interests at Harvard, Sweezy received encouragement the reduction surely loses its point. from the great conservative economist Joseph Schumpeter, whose analysis of the origins, development and impending decline of capitalism revealed a Streeten's Major Writings complex and critical appreciation of Marxist analysis. 17 (1949), 'The Theory of Profit', The Manchester School, (3), September. Obtaining his Ph.D. in 1937, Sweezy took a job as an instructor at Harvard (1950a), 'Mangel des Preismechanismus', Vo//beschdftigung, Cologne: Bundverlag. (l 950b), 'The Inappropriateness of Simple "Elasticity" Concepts m the Analysis of Interna­ until 1939 when he rose to the rank of assistant professor.
    [Show full text]
  • THE DIALECTICAL BIOLOGIST 11 III II I, 11 1 1 Ni1 the DIALECTICAL BIOLOGIST
    THE DIALECTICAL BIOLOGIST 11 III II I, 11 1 1 ni1 THE DIALECTICAL BIOLOGIST Richard Levins and Richard Lewontin AAKAR THE DIALECTICAL BIOLOGIST Richard Levins and Richard Lewontin Harvard University Press, 1985 Aakar Books for South Asia, 2009 Reprinted by arrangement with Harvard University Press, USA for sale only in the Indian Subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Maldives, Bhutan & Sri Lanka) All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without prior permission of the publisher First Published in India, 2009 ISBN 978-81-89833-77-0 (Pb) Published by AAKAR BOOKS 28 E Pocket IV, Mayur Vihar Phase I, Delhi-110 091 Phone : 011-2279 5505 Telefax : 011-2279 5641 [email protected]; www.aakarbooks.com Printed at S.N. Printers, Delhi-110 032 To Frederick Engels, who got it wrong a lot of the time but who got it right where it counted ,, " I 1 1■ 1-0 ■44 pH III lye II I! Preface THIS Bow( has come into existence for both theoretical andpractical reasons. Despite the extraordinary successes of mechanistic reduction- ist molecular biology, there has been a growing discontent in the last twenty years with simple Cartesian reductionism as the universal way to truth. In psychology and anthropology, and especially in ecology, evolution, neurobiology, and developmental biology, where the Carte- sian program has failed to give satisfaction, we hear more and more calls for an alternative epistemological stance. Holistic, structuralist, hierarchical, and systems theories are all offered as alternative modes of explaining the world, as ways out of the cul-de-sacs into which re- ductionism has led us.
    [Show full text]
  • Che Guevara's Final Verdict on the Soviet Economy
    SOCIALIST VOICE / JUNE 2008 / 1 Contents 249. Che Guevara’s Final Verdict on the Soviet Economy. John Riddell 250. From Marx to Morales: Indigenous Socialism and the Latin Americanization of Marxism. John Riddell 251. Bolivian President Condemns Europe’s Anti-Migrant Law. Evo Morales 252. Harvest of Injustice: The Oppression of Migrant Workers on Canadian Farms. Adriana Paz 253. Revolutionary Organization Today: Part One. Paul Le Blanc and John Riddell 254. Revolutionary Organization Today: Part Two. Paul Le Blanc and John Riddell 255. The Harper ‘Apology’ — Saying ‘Sorry’ with a Forked Tongue. Mike Krebs ——————————————————————————————————— Socialist Voice #249, June 8, 2008 Che Guevara’s Final Verdict on the Soviet Economy By John Riddell One of the most important developments in Cuban Marxism in recent years has been increased attention to the writings of Ernesto Che Guevara on the economics and politics of the transition to socialism. A milestone in this process was the publication in 2006 by Ocean Press and Cuba’s Centro de Estudios Che Guevara of Apuntes criticos a la economía política [Critical Notes on Political Economy], a collection of Che’s writings from the years 1962 to 1965, many of them previously unpublished. The book includes a lengthy excerpt from a letter to Fidel Castro, entitled “Some Thoughts on the Transition to Socialism.” In it, in extremely condensed comments, Che presented his views on economic development in the Soviet Union.[1] In 1965, the Soviet economy stood at the end of a period of rapid growth that had brought improvements to the still very low living standards of working people.
    [Show full text]
  • Pruduir El Comú Del Comú
    CALIU L’àmbit de la defensa de la vida i la cerca de la Altres títols de la col·lecció reproducció autodeterminada no és només el Caliu Espai Editorial Sobiranies: principal terreny de lluita. Està sent també, en múltiples llocs del món, l’àmbit bàsic de pro- ducció de noves capacitats polítiques per a la El Apantle. Revista de Estudios Comuni- · A mós redó. Cuinant la transformació social i la construcció d’una opció de futur més enllà del capital. En aquest sentit, tarios naix al caliu del «Primer Congreso sobirania alimentària al País aquest llibre és una invitació a pensar i reflexio- Internacional de Comunalidad» amb la in- Valencià nar sobre l’horitzó de transformació política més tenció de generar un coneixement situat · Projecte A. Estructures enllà dels projectes d’emancipació centrats en i preocupat per entendre la multiplicitat la presa de l’estat. Aquest volum reuneix expe- de formes polítiques comunitàries que llibertàries per a la vida en riències, etnografies i assajos publicats en la re- es practiquen i es pensen des de baix del comú. vista El Apantle, publicada a Mèxic. Tots aquests continent llatinoamericà. Compost per materials tenen el propòsit de pensar des de la militants, estudiants i professores que van producció del comú. Es tracta, en aquest sen- participar en el Seminario de Investigación tit, d’una aposta per a generar un coneixement Permanente «Entramados Comunitarios y situat i centrat en l’autonomia política de les Formas de lo Político» de la Universidad lluites, però també sobre els límits, dificultats Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), en estreta i contradiccions experimentades quotidiana- ment en les trames encarregades de la cura, coordinació amb la Sociedad Comunitaria defensa i sosteniment de la vida.
    [Show full text]
  • An Introduction to the Loop Analysis of Qualitatively Specified Complex Causal Systems
    Portland State University PDXScholar Community Health Faculty Publications and Presentations School of Community Health 1-2015 An Introduction to the Loop Analysis of Qualitatively Specified Complex Causal Systems Alexis Dinno Portland State University Follow this and additional works at: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/commhealth_fac Part of the Community Psychology Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Citation Details Dinno, A. (2015) An Introduction to the Loop Analysis of Qualitatively Specified Complex Causal Systems. Invited Presentation. Systems Science Graduate Program Seminar. Portland, OR. This Presentation is brought to you for free and open access. It has been accepted for inclusion in Community Health Faculty Publications and Presentations by an authorized administrator of PDXScholar. Please contact us if we can make this document more accessible: [email protected]. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LOOP ANALYSIS OF QUALITATIVELY SPECIFIED COMPLEX CAUSAL SYSTEMS “Things are like other things; this makes science possible. Things are unlike other things; this makes science neccesary.” —RICHARD LEVINS ALEXIS DINNO, C.AZ.AM., SC.D., M.P.H., M.E.M., I.O.U., ETC JANUARY 9, 2015 ORIGINS OF LOOP ANALYSIS 2 Developed by population biologist Richard Levins in the late 1960s Population dynamics of organisms in changing environments Deviates from Sewall Wright’s causal path analysis from the 1920’s Influenced by S. J. Mason’s theoretical work on signal flow graphs from the 1950’s Published mostly in population biology/population
    [Show full text]
  • The Poverty of Philosophy and Its Contemporary Relevance
    Crisis, Revolution, and the Meaning of Progress: The Poverty of Philosophy and its Contemporary Relevance Michael Joseph Roberto Proudhon and Marx ABSTRACT: In 1847, Marx wrote The Poverty of Philosophy, his polemical response to Pierre Joseph Proudhon’s System of Economical Contradictions Or, The Philosophy of Poverty, published a year earlier. Marx and Proudhon were the principal antagonists in the struggle for influence and control of the emerging European workers movement then fueled by the first great crisis of modern capitalism. While Marx propagated communist revolution as a solution to the crisis, Proudhon sought to preserve “good capitalism” by attempting to formulate a new political economy that would reconcile contradictions of capitalist exchange by means of reciprocal agreements and transactions; in a word, mutualism. In The Poverty of Philosophy, Marx took Proudhon to task for creating a massive “dialectical phantasmagoria” in the System of Economical Contradictions. Usually regarded as his first detailed treatment of political economy, Marx’s book also contains an implicit conception of social and historical progress based on the principles of contradiction, paradox, and Copyright © 2009 by Michael Joseph Roberto and Cultural Logic, ISSN 1097-3087 Michael Joseph Roberto 2 practice. Today, as the U.S. experiences an irreversible and possibly terminal capitalist crisis, Marx’s polemic against Proudhon remains instructive as an historical, theoretical, and practical-political guide. Key features of the Marx- Proudhon divide in the 1840s are now being recast in contemporary guises and forms. The Left must distinguish between revolutionary Marxist solutions and variations of the New Proudhonism. While Marxism holds the potential for revolutionary, socialist transformation and renewed social progress, the New Proudhonism seeks to save “good capitalism” – ironically and tragically, carrying with it the plausibility of a more coercive and barbarous system.
    [Show full text]
  • Communist Parties Have Inherited from Lenin and Other Great Bolsheviks an Ideal-Logical Paradigm
    The Bolshevik Ideal-logical Paradi!! Communist parties have inherited from Lenin and other great bolsheviks an ideal-logical paradigm. In terms of this paradigm the bolsheviks understand themselves and the world, which they try to disqualify ideologically and to change through revolutionary activity. Apart from the ideal of a communist society, the following ideas exerted key influence on the Bolsheviks' (self)understanding: proletarian revolution; a party of (professional) revolutionaries organized in a democratic-centralist manner; dictatorship of the proletariat; the party as the representative of the objective and historical interests of the proletariat; the transition period between capitalism and communism. As Marxists the Bolsheviks faced the problem of how to explain to them­ selves and others the possibility of proletarian, socialist revolution in backward Russia. The idea of a centralized party of professional revolution­ aries did not suffice; they needed a radical revision of the Marxist vision of revolution. This revision transformed a revolutionary philosophical-social theory into a revolutionary ideal-logy. Admittedly, Marx himself was ambivalent: He'saw a real chance for the revolution and the subsequent development of a new society in developed capitalism, but from time to time he lost his patience, hoping that the revolution would soon break out even though capitalism was still i rather undeveloped. Characteristically, Bolshevik ideal-logues believed tliat Marx's goals could be achieved under radicallY changed conditions and through radically 1 2 Changed means.* One could almost say that revolution sets only those goals it cannot aChieve. Two ideas were of key import~nce for the Bolshevik ideal-logical revision of Marx's concept of revolution: the weakest link of imperialism and the permanent revolution.
    [Show full text]
  • Marxism and the Solidarity Economy: Toward a New Theory of Revolution
    Class, Race and Corporate Power Volume 9 Issue 1 Article 2 2021 Marxism and the Solidarity Economy: Toward a New Theory of Revolution Chris Wright [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/classracecorporatepower Part of the Political Science Commons Recommended Citation Wright, Chris (2021) "Marxism and the Solidarity Economy: Toward a New Theory of Revolution," Class, Race and Corporate Power: Vol. 9 : Iss. 1 , Article 2. DOI: 10.25148/CRCP.9.1.009647 Available at: https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/classracecorporatepower/vol9/iss1/2 This work is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Arts, Sciences & Education at FIU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Class, Race and Corporate Power by an authorized administrator of FIU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Marxism and the Solidarity Economy: Toward a New Theory of Revolution Abstract In the twenty-first century, it is time that Marxists updated the conception of socialist revolution they have inherited from Marx, Engels, and Lenin. Slogans about the “dictatorship of the proletariat” “smashing the capitalist state” and carrying out a social revolution from the commanding heights of a reconstituted state are completely obsolete. In this article I propose a reconceptualization that accomplishes several purposes: first, it explains the logical and empirical problems with Marx’s classical theory of revolution; second, it revises the classical theory to make it, for the first time, logically consistent with the premises of historical materialism; third, it provides a (Marxist) theoretical grounding for activism in the solidarity economy, and thus partially reconciles Marxism with anarchism; fourth, it accounts for the long-term failure of all attempts at socialist revolution so far.
    [Show full text]
  • Communist Manifesto
    Communist Manifesto Karl Marx Frederick Engels Price: Rs. 50 June 2014 Liberation Publication Charu Bhawan, U-90 Shakarpur, Delhi – 110092 Phone: 91-11-22521067 .. Contd. on 3rd Cover Karl Marx Frederick Engels COMMUNIST MANIFESTO Liberation Publication Marx (sketch by N Khukov 1930s) “With the clarity and brilliance of genius, this work outlines a new world-conception, consistent materialism, which also embraces the realm of social life; dialectics, as the most comprehensive and profound doctrine of development; the theory of the class struggle and of the world-historic revolutionary role of the proletariat – the creator of a new, communist society…” – V. I. Lenin Marx (Lithograph by V Lapin, 1957) Publisher’s Note The Indian Institute of Marxist Studies is planning to reprint a series of Marxist classics to help new readers get acquainted with the Marxist worldview. The Communist Manifesto marks the beginning of this series. In this edition we have included, in addition to the original text of the classic together with the Prefaces written jointly by Marx and Engels and by Engels alone, Vinod Mishra’s Foreword to a Hindi edition of the classic published by Samkaleen Prakashan in November 1998 and an Introduction to this edition by Arindam Sen. This English version will be followed by translations in several other languages. Your feedback and suggestions will be of great value in this endeavour. Marx arrested in Brussels in March 1848 (painting by N Khukov 1930s) contents Foreword .........................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • John Vandermeer
    JOHN VANDERMEER - THE DIALECTICS OF ECOLOGY: BIOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL INTERSECTIONS PUBLICATIONS OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 1 GERALD SMITH, Editor LINDA GARCIA, Managing Editor ELIZABETH WASON AND KATHERINE LOUGHNEY, Proofreaders GORDON FITCH AND MACKENZIE SCHONDLEMAYER, Cover graphics The publications of the Museum of Zoology, The University of Michigan, consist primarily of two series—the Miscellaneous Publications and the Occasional Papers. Both series were founded by Dr. Bryant Walker, Mr. Bradshaw H. Swales, and Dr. W. W. Newcomb. Occasionally the Museum publishes contributions outside of these series. Beginning in 1990 these are titled Special Publications and Circulars and each are sequentially numbered. All submitted manuscripts to any of the Museum’s publications receive external peer review. The Occasional Papers, begun in 1913, serve as a medium for original studies based principally upon the collections in the Museum. They are issued separately. When a sufficient number of pages has been printed to make a volume, a title page, table of contents, and an index are supplied to libraries and individuals on the mailing list for the series. The Miscellaneous Publications, initiated in 1916, include monographic studies, papers on field and museum techniques, and other contributions not within the scope of the Occasional Papers, and are published separately. Each number has a title page and, when necessary, a table of contents. A complete list of publications on Mammals, Birds, Reptiles and Amphibians, Fishes, Insects, Mollusks, and other topics is available. Address inquiries to Publications, Museum of Zoology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109–1079.
    [Show full text]
  • THE POLITICAL THOUGHT of the THIRD WORLD LEFT in POST-WAR AMERICA a Dissertation Submitted
    LIBERATION FROM THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY: THE POLITICAL THOUGHT OF THE THIRD WORLD LEFT IN POST-WAR AMERICA A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Georgetown University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History By Benjamin Feldman, M.A. Washington, DC August 6, 2020 Copyright 2020 by Benjamin Feldman All Rights Reserved ii LIBERATION FROM THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY: THE POLITICAL THOUGHT OF THE THIRD WORLD LEFT IN POST-WAR AMERICA Benjamin Feldman, M.A. Thesis Advisor: Michael Kazin, Ph.D. ABSTRACT This dissertation traces the full intellectual history of the Third World Turn: when theorists and activists in the United States began to look to liberation movements within the colonized and formerly colonized nations of the ‘Third World’ in search of models for political, social, and cultural transformation. I argue that, understood as a critique of the limits of New Deal liberalism rather than just as an offshoot of New Left radicalism, Third Worldism must be placed at the center of the history of the post-war American Left. Rooting the Third World Turn in the work of theorists active in the 1940s, including the economists Paul Sweezy and Paul Baran, the writer Harold Cruse, and the Detroit organizers James and Grace Lee Boggs, my work moves beyond simple binaries of violence vs. non-violence, revolution vs. reform, and utopianism vs. realism, while throwing the political development of groups like the Black Panthers, the Young Lords, the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, and the Third World Women’s Alliance into sharper relief.
    [Show full text]