tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091265636545271745.post8131589617845901529..comments2023-10-25T02:28:58.306-07:00Comments on ..: Reply to the RCPUSA Badiou polemic by Steven David MaudlinUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091265636545271745.post-18378329840224775362009-03-30T12:30:00.000-07:002009-03-30T12:30:00.000-07:00The RCPUSA are keen to show their knowledge of the...The RCPUSA are keen to show their knowledge of the ABC's of Marxism what they forget is that the Marxist literacy of Badiou as well of Prachanda and Bhattatari are writing essays in practice and theory and not reciting ABC's.<BR/><BR/>The real dynamic Marxism is coming back into existence after being frozen for the last 40 yearsnickglaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14880536147559732867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091265636545271745.post-61677804468403003592009-03-30T12:00:00.000-07:002009-03-30T12:00:00.000-07:00The "criterion of equality" is based on the "capac...The "criterion of equality" is based on the "capacity for truth" not its spontaneous embrace by anyone (and here we are discussing the internal logic of the stement in the polemic, not at all what Badiou says). What is missing is a comprehension of Badiou's philosophy of the "Event" and the "Truth Process".<BR/><BR/>I think you are right in pointing out how Badiou by looking at equality through the his dynamic concept of truth and the RCPUSA is looks at truth through some static concept of the truth called the "New Synthesis"nickglaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14880536147559732867noreply@blogger.com