http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2007/07/26/is-force/ A working notebook Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:19:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2007/07/26/is-force/#comment-1849 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:39:23 +0100 http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2007/07/26/is-force/#comment-1849 i'm down with that but marx isn't is he? i’m down with that but marx isn’t is he?

]]> http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2007/07/26/is-force/#comment-1847 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:30:01 +0100 http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2007/07/26/is-force/#comment-1847 Nah man it's the other way around: the sectioning off of the economy as nonpolitical was suspect from the start (such that 'political economy' is redundant). After deciding that it's all just a matter of different forces and such, in particular contexts (just should probly be in scare quotes here). Nah man it’s the other way around: the sectioning off of the economy as nonpolitical was suspect from the start (such that ‘political economy’ is redundant). After deciding that it’s all just a matter of different forces and such, in particular contexts (just should probly be in scare quotes here).

]]> http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2007/07/26/is-force/#comment-1846 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:32:51 +0100 http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2007/07/26/is-force/#comment-1846 nate say it ain't so! isn't that just crude economism and reducing political categories to economic ones. Tell me I'm missing something and there's more going on there. I'd be happier inverting that relation nate say it ain’t so! isn’t that just crude economism and reducing political categories to economic ones. Tell me I’m missing something and there’s more going on there. I’d be happier inverting that relation

]]> http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2007/07/26/is-force/#comment-1826 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:14:35 +0100 http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2007/07/26/is-force/#comment-1826 One might also read these remarks in light of Benjamin's provocative (and "messianic") "Kritik zur Gewalt," which certainly places force/violence at any birth-scene. . . One might also read these remarks in light of Benjamin’s provocative (and “messianic”) “Kritik zur Gewalt,” which certainly places force/violence at any birth-scene. . .

]]> http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2007/07/26/is-force/#comment-1819 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:37:56 +0100 http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2007/07/26/is-force/#comment-1819 For comparison, you might want to add the comment about "fetters." His argument seems to be more to the effect that there is a "potential" of some sort, but a potential that won't be realized without the imposition of force. I'm not sure that potential is correlative to teleology. For comparison, you might want to add the comment about “fetters.” His argument seems to be more to the effect that there is a “potential” of some sort, but a potential that won’t be realized without the imposition of force. I’m not sure that potential is correlative to teleology.

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