tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31783628.post1920495663492513064..comments2024-02-21T06:57:22.256-05:00Comments on Unemployed Negativity: Class Composition in Reverseunemployed negativityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01251742512967070290noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31783628.post-69693486695478980752009-06-19T18:17:57.934-04:002009-06-19T18:17:57.934-04:00Nate,
Thanks for your always thoughtful response....Nate,<br /><br />Thanks for your always thoughtful response. I quickly read through your piece, and then decided that it needed much more than a quick read through. I am currently writing up some notes/a post on the De Angelis book. Interestingly enough it seems to me the book attempts to address the very issue that you bring up regarding initiative.unemployed negativityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01251742512967070290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31783628.post-56781174264768465782009-06-17T02:49:49.357-04:002009-06-17T02:49:49.357-04:00Great post. I've also just started Massimo'...Great post. I've also just started Massimo's book, I look forward to reading more of your thoughts on it. <br /><br />I think your point about how class composition can go both ways across the class line is really important. I know there's an extensive literature on 'class formation' in history, among the many things I keep meaning to read. For me, thinking along these lines has meant giving up on a strong version of the 'autonomist hypothesis' wherein changes in capitalism only follow from working class initiative. It seems to me that painting the other side as only reactive doesn't explain as much as seeing initiative on both sides. <br /><br />On militant research, I've changed my mind a lot on that and am currently still out to lunch. In case you're interested, this is a talk I gave a while back - http://whatinthehell.blogsome.com/2006/08/16/is-militant-research-3/ - after which I realized I had started to change my mind on this stuff.<br /><br />take care,<br />NateNatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08918436253681803057noreply@blogger.com