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Re: Fw: Re Koop re Frank re the Communist Manifesto: critique by Andre Gunder Frank 17 March 2002 01:37 UTC |
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another answer attempt: follow the Chinee saying ''seek truth from facts" in reality easier said than done, I grant that. But seeking it from concepts that MISrepresent reality and/or deviate analysis from important reality is a sure fire way of leading oneself down the garden path into a thicket of thorns from which thre is NO EXIT - while the real world passes by. agf .On Sat, 16 Mar 2002, George Snedeker wrote: > Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 16:57:46 -0500 > From: George Snedeker <snedeker@concentric.net> > To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu > Subject: Fw: Re Koop re Frank re the Communist Manifesto: critique > > Capitalism is a theoretical concept. it does not exist any more than any > other concept. it is not clear to me what A. G. Frank would substitute for > capitalism as an analytical tool. a brief answer to this question would be > helpful. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Andre Gunder Frank <franka@fiu.edu> > To: <kjkhoo@pop.jaring.my> > Cc: <wsn@csf.colorado.edu> > Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 11:46 AM > Subject: Re Koop re Frank re the Communist Manifesto: critique > > > > 1. yes indeed. It has long since been the Thacher/Reagan RIGHT > > who has run off with the capitalist flag and waved it for all it is > > worth, which to them has been quite a lot. But that is all the more > > reason for the left to find something better. > > > > 2. In front of me above my desk is a foto of 5 personal friends/companeros > > from chile each of whom was murdered by Pinochet as they were fighting > > against his regime and for a humane society. One is also a former student > > of mine to whose memoory i dedicated two books [anyone can look/see what > > it says on the dedicatory page]. I do NOT forget them or others, and > > discarding capitalism as a concept and term in no wise diminishes their > > sacrifice or my memory > > gunder frank > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > ANDRE GUNDER FRANK > > > > Senior Fellow Residence > > World History Center One Longfellow Place > > Northeastern University Apt. 3411 > > 270 Holmes Hall Boston, MA 02114 USA > > Boston, MA 02115 USA Tel: 617-948 2315 > > Tel: 617 - 373 4060 Fax: 617-948 2316 > > Web-page:csf.colorado.edu/agfrank/ e-mail:franka@fiu.edu > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ANDRE GUNDER FRANK Senior Fellow Residence World History Center One Longfellow Place Northeastern University Apt. 3411 270 Holmes Hall Boston, MA 02114 USA Boston, MA 02115 USA Tel: 617-948 2315 Tel: 617 - 373 4060 Fax: 617-948 2316 Web-page:csf.colorado.edu/agfrank/ e-mail:franka@fiu.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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