tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093114275469628673.post7285262116607942344..comments2023-06-02T17:22:43.445+01:00Comments on Luna17: Transitions, multitudes and united frontsluna17http://www.blogger.com/profile/03754650933188634442noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093114275469628673.post-16476877304175897172010-02-01T18:17:09.831+00:002010-02-01T18:17:09.831+00:00I'm really thinking of the current vogue for t...I'm really thinking of the current vogue for the concept of the 'commons' found in Negri, Zizek and other radical social theorists. The most striking thing about this term is what radically different meanings it has for different people. It can be explicitly communist but also has very moderate and unthreatening versions. <br /><br />I think there's a problem with David Harvey's piece (linked to above), when he seems to suggest that communist spaces can somehow be developed within a capitalist society, which I ultimately think is wrong. He envisages these as central to a project of social transformation - as transition to communism - but it's still very problematic. This is why, broadly, I'm inclined to consider the concept (as it tends to be understood in contemporary radical theory) a very flawed one. But it also has interesting possibilites that I'm very sympathetic to. <br /><br />Paul Mason interviewing Zizek? First I've heard, but sounds v interesting. Yes, I gather Jerry H was at Right to Work, and I've been impressed by the material on your blog about Greens linking up with Respect and others in key campaigns like those for Salma and Caroline - hopeful signs.luna17https://www.blogger.com/profile/03754650933188634442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093114275469628673.post-84306007479835176552010-01-31T23:03:20.671+00:002010-01-31T23:03:20.671+00:00The commons is one of the central categories in Ma...The commons is one of the central categories in Marx's work, Elinor Ostrom won a Nobel Prize for the economics of the commons and its covered in my book Babylon and Beyond, I also discuss Negri and Hardt who are interesting but flawed.<br /><br />Any thoughts on Paul Mason interviewing Zizek on the BBC?<br /><br />And don't forget the General Election, I have been hitting the streets in Brighton and my friends have been to Birmingham this weekend...and I hear Jerry Hicks was a hit at the right to work conference..so lets make the theory practicalDerek Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05462511891409913195noreply@blogger.com