tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549088046875609394.post1084147517352071772..comments2023-03-24T16:07:35.617-07:00Comments on Sounding Rhetoric: Political Theory, Representation, and Economic CrisisPaul Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00841372871906932597noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549088046875609394.post-68201383394169668782011-12-18T17:21:07.254-08:002011-12-18T17:21:07.254-08:00Good point: the problem with making claims about i...Good point: the problem with making claims about injustice is that to claim that the dominant system/rationality is unjust implicates negatively the morality of all those who help make such systems work, and in so doing reproduces immediately a difference that works against, rather than with, the creation of a new political community.<br /><br />I think you're absolutely right about how its all attempts: its damn hard to rewrite these market logics, or disable them in public discourse. Thanks for reading, and I like your blog!Paul Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00841372871906932597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2549088046875609394.post-25679687170530389462011-12-15T18:08:19.545-08:002011-12-15T18:08:19.545-08:00I would just want to note that in both Spain and G...I would just want to note that in both Spain and Greece the indignados have been loud and clear that they see very well that the capitalist system is the crisis. And so any attempt to render the market unblamable is always just that, an attempt. It never actually succeeds (even though we on the left often narrate it as though it does). Moreover, the attempt fails badly; part of what it means to be an indignado is to be offended that they would think we can't see that the real crisis is that we live under a sick system, when it is so obvious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com