The pre-Iraq election essay written by James Dobbins, starts off: "Summary: By losing the trust of the Iraqi people, the Bush administration has already lost...
But all of this is making the misplaced assumption that any of the communications concerning Iraq have taken place "free from domination" and therefore...
Tommy, thanks for more definitely bringing this thread into a Habermas- context. ... domination" ... Perhaps, instead, what I am suggesting is that Habermas's ...
Hi Matthew, ... You're welcome. Sometimes it is a boring chore - making one's posts topical to the context of the group. But in this case, there are so many...
Tommy, I would agree that "excessive references to the German philosopher" might "bore one's friends," if this group address is your main way of exchanging...
... well - and respecting Gary's later comments - sometimes we just have to be boring :-). ... I guess what I am asking is whether "the theme of energy...
Just a note to let you fellow Habermasians and critical theory people know of an international critical theory conference in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, this week,...
A postscript: [and in light of Jeremy's post] when you write - ... telecommunications ... with ... you appear to be suggesting a sort of teleogism here. That...
Hi Matt, ... I would probably use the same defence here that Lovelock used to defend himself against accusations of teleogism. There is no need to attribute ...
Tommy, ... defend ... attribute ... But *consciousness* does not have to suggest teleology? Surely a biomass consciousness could be teleonomic? I argued...
I don't know how many Habermas subscribers will have already seen this footage of UK Respect MP George Galloway giving evidence before a Senate Committee on...
Tommy, thanks for the link. It certainly is provocative public discourse. ... would ... [snip] ... for ... As an aside, it is a *good* rhetorical device to...
Hi Matt, ... I certainly agree with your statement that it is not possible to play the game until one understands the rules, and that to understand the rules...
Tommy, ... play ... the ... This wasn't exactly the point I was trying to make. I understand the rules of cricket fairly well, for example. However (God...
In a message dated 5/21/2005 9:03:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, habermas@yahoogroups.com writes: It seems obvious to me that in the next generation or two of...
By which you mean that originary language practices can be both emancipatory and invested with oppressive power relations? A the same time even? MattP...
Fred, ... colonization and ... But how often does this p.o.v emerge from *within* a way of life, especially one which is threatened, even if that threat is the...
Hi Matt, I did start to write a clarification of that statement as it appeared on a re-read to be completely illogical! But I couldn't make any further sense...
Hi Fred, First of all, I'd like to make it completely clear that I do not advocate a moral or legal "right" on behalf of nation states to colonise other states...
Certainly a polymath comparable to Habermas—as much a perfect complement to Habermas as there may be.... ... Paul Ricoeur, 92; French Theorist Studied Types...
Hi Tommy, I'd like to develop these issues at they go the heart of Habermas's ... the ... I think there is, yes. It it also *present* in language? Can it NOT...
Hi Matt, Well, I have read some stuff on Foucault, although it was a few years ago. He seems to be out of fashion nowadays. I think that he exemplified for...
Tommy, hi - ... It's interesting, isn't it? I was one of those for whom F. ... However, just this week I had a sort of Foucault epiphany - where, for the first...
An outstanding analysis from _Der Spiegel_, in English (for the NYTimes), about France's identity crisis as it approaches its Sunday vote, May 29, on the EU ...
Gary, found the post on the French dilemma very interesting. From a Habermasian perspective the plot is certainly *thick*. Habermas's favourable position on...
In honor of upcoming World Environment Day, *Science* this week editorializes: "....This June, mayors from around the world will gather in San Francisco to...
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