[Xmca-l] Re: structure and agency

Andy Blunden andyb@marxists.org
Wed Jul 1 16:59:11 PDT 2020


I am guessing that the aim of replacing "contradiction" with 
"disco-ordination" is locate the essential process in 
activity rather than logic. This is a worthy aim, but it is 
mistaken for two reasons. (1) Disco-ordination actually 
refers to behaviour rather than activity, that is, physical 
movements that are not necessarily fulfilling the actors' 
reasons or intentions. While such disco-ordination can 
disrupts norms and aggravate conflict, I don't believe they 
are impulses to social change, because the norms are not 
confronted by alternative norms - one has to look to why 
norms are not binding, and (2) People do things for reasons 
and insofar as people do different things for the same 
reason, which could possibly cause disco-ordination, I don't 
think this is threatening to a social formation. A certain 
amount of disco-ordination can be a stabilising thing.

The fact is that social formations are ideal orders, not 
just patterns of movement.

Andy

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On 2/07/2020 2:44 am, mike cole wrote:
> Andy et
>
> Is it permissible to substitute the term, discoordination 
> for contradiction at least at the empirical level.  We 
> observe selective
> discoordination and infer the contradictions?
> mike
>
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 9:47 PM Andy Blunden 
> <andyb@marxists.org <mailto:andyb@marxists.org>> wrote:
>
>     "Contradiction" is only a coherent concept insofar as
>     there is a "logic", i.e., some institution. The
>     general idea is that all logics contain such
>     contradictions. Institutions "try" to eliminate
>     contradictions and instantiate a "logic," but it turns
>     out to be a losing battle.
>
>     Nonetheless, an institution can live forever without
>     changing despite harbouring contradictions. The
>     structure has to be subject to critique; the
>     contradictions have to be exposed and pursued.
>     Movement and change is not automatic.
>
>     But yes, you are right, life, let alone social life,
>     is impossible without "institutions." We continue
>     building that aeroplane as it flies through the sky.
>     Without institutions, norms, shared meanings,
>     collaborative activities, trust we will all die.
>
>     Andy
>
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>     On 1/07/2020 2:16 pm, mike cole wrote:
>>     Andy -- You write that " The structure is /built
>>     around/ *contradictions" *
>>     Would it be useful to say, also, that "structures
>>     /contain/ the *contradictions *minist in social life?
>>     I am asking because i am thinking of institutions as
>>     sociocultural structures that coordinate constituent
>>     activities sufficiently to enable human
>>     biocuturalsocial re-production..
>>     mike
>>     and g'night!
>>
>>
>>     On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 9:06 PM Andy Blunden
>>     <andyb@marxists.org <mailto:andyb@marxists.org>> wrote:
>>
>>         At first glance Hegel and Marx appear to have
>>         erected giant structures, which explicate how a
>>         social formation reproduces itself. I.e., they
>>         look like structuralists. But look again. At the
>>         heart of Hegel's /Logic /and Marx's /Capital /is
>>         a contradiction. The structure is built around
>>         *contradictions*. Under the impact of critique,
>>         at a certain point, the contradiction(s) unfolds
>>         as social transformation.
>>
>>         Yrjo Engestrom has endeavoured to incorporate
>>         this idea in his system with its 4-levels of
>>         contradiction, and Ilyenkov explains in detail
>>         how Marx and Hegel did it in his 1960 monograph
>>         "The Abstract and Concrete in Marx's /Capital/."
>>
>>         andy
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>>         On 1/07/2020 1:42 pm, mike cole wrote:
>>>         David,Andy. So what has transformational agency
>>>         to do with the distinctions you are making?
>>>         Mike
>>>
>>>         On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 7:04 PM Andy Blunden
>>>         <andyb@marxists.org <mailto:andyb@marxists.org>>
>>>         wrote:
>>>
>>>             I beg to differ with you David.
>>>             "Structuralism" dates from the beginning of
>>>             the 20th century and poststructuralism from
>>>             the 1970s roughly. That there were
>>>             structuralist tendencies in Marx's writing
>>>             is undeniable, and likewise with Hegel and
>>>             with Vygotsky. But as I see it,
>>>             "Structuralism" and "Poststructuralism" are
>>>             specific historically bounded projects. I
>>>             agree that both of these projects have had
>>>             an impact or influence on the development of
>>>             Critical Theory and CHAT, but neither are
>>>             "structuralist."
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>>>             Andy
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>>>             On 1/07/2020 10:35 am, David H Kirshner wrote:
>>>>
>>>>             Mike,
>>>>
>>>>             Marx and Vygotsky both were structural
>>>>             theorists. My guess/impression is that as
>>>>             critical theory and sociocultural theory
>>>>             evolved both have been influenced by
>>>>             poststructural thought, but neither has
>>>>             made a true poststructural turn; nor have
>>>>             scholars in either arena really grappled
>>>>             with the implications of such a turn.
>>>>
>>>>             David
>>>>
>>>>             *From:*xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu
>>>>             <mailto:xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu>
>>>>             <xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu>
>>>>             <mailto:xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu>
>>>>             *On Behalf Of *mike cole
>>>>             *Sent:* Tuesday, June 30, 2020 6:59 PM
>>>>             *To:* eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
>>>>             <xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu>
>>>>             <mailto:xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu>
>>>>             *Subject:* [Xmca-l] Re: Your views on a
>>>>             question.
>>>>
>>>>             That was a very clarifying note, David,
>>>>             thanks. So is cultural marxism one way to
>>>>             deal with mutability or stability of
>>>>             structure?
>>>>
>>>>             Most of the marxist social science I am
>>>>             reading these days focuses on
>>>>             transformational agency and take their
>>>>             roots from Vygotsky
>>>>
>>>>             and (various )predecessors, so this is
>>>>             post-structuralist Marxism?
>>>>
>>>>             mike
>>>>
>>>>             On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 6:19 AM David H
>>>>             Kirshner <dkirsh@lsu.edu
>>>>             <mailto:dkirsh@lsu.edu>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>                 S’ma et al.,
>>>>
>>>>                 The issue of victimhood and “victim
>>>>                 mentality” is roiled by crosscurrents
>>>>                 of modernist and postmodernist,
>>>>                 structuralist and poststructuralist
>>>>                 thought. Victim mentality is always
>>>>                 perspectival—I have been wronged. In a
>>>>                 modernist frame, the perspective of
>>>>                 victim may be able to be aligned with
>>>>                 an overarching (i.e., structuralist)
>>>>                 account that authorizes its
>>>>                 significance. Critical theory, stemming
>>>>                 from Marxist theory, is such a
>>>>                 structuralist account—or perhaps, more
>>>>                 accurately, a structuralist project as
>>>>                 it is not clear that critical theorists
>>>>                 have arrived at consensus about the
>>>>                 theory. Postmodernism and
>>>>                 poststructuralism abandon the
>>>>                 structuralist mandate, accepting that
>>>>                 there is no bedrock structural
>>>>                 perspective that can encompass the
>>>>                 variety of local perspectives. So my
>>>>                 sense of my victimhood is simply my
>>>>                 perspective, and the project of
>>>>                 establishing its viability is purely a
>>>>                 political one. Any of us can experience
>>>>                 ourselves as victims, and assert a
>>>>                 political claim to that effect.
>>>>                 Interestingly, it is the political
>>>>                 Right that embodies this
>>>>                 poststructuralist critique of
>>>>                 victimhood, and the political Left that
>>>>                 orients itself in structuralism.
>>>>
>>>>                 David
>>>>
>>>>                 *From:* xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu
>>>>                 <mailto:xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu>
>>>>                 <xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu
>>>>                 <mailto:xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu>>
>>>>                 *On Behalf Of *Simangele Mayisela
>>>>                 *Sent:* Tuesday, June 30, 2020 5:25 AM
>>>>                 *To:* eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
>>>>                 <xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu
>>>>                 <mailto:xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu>>
>>>>                 *Subject:* [Xmca-l] Re: Your views on a
>>>>                 question.
>>>>
>>>>                 Hi Annalisa and colleagues
>>>>
>>>>                 Thank you for processing my earlier
>>>>                 articulation in such an impeccable
>>>>                 manner. I see how your method of using
>>>>                 definitions as a foundation for
>>>>                 conversations, specially sensitive
>>>>                 conversations in a multicultural forum
>>>>                 such as this one. You have beautifully
>>>>                 demonstrated that in your response
>>>>                 below and in some of your previous
>>>>                 enlightening contributions.
>>>>
>>>>                 Your reference to the George Orwell’s
>>>>                 1984  is quite fitting in this
>>>>                 situation; when  a victim expresses
>>>>                 that they are victimised, they are then
>>>>                 “gaslighted”, as there is something
>>>>                 seriously wrong with their mentality –
>>>>                 the victim mentality. It is short of
>>>>                 saying “do not think” that you are
>>>>                 victimised even if there is
>>>>                 “victimisation”, or you “were”
>>>>                 victimised. Perhaps we can accept
>>>>                 better with “survivors” but the
>>>>                 conditions and the context under which”
>>>>                 survivors” continue to survive.
>>>>
>>>>                 Ok then, then the survivors develop a
>>>>                 concept, “Critical Theory”  to name,
>>>>                 and shine light on the hidden aspects
>>>>                 of “survivorhood”, where the conditions
>>>>                 for thinking about or “reflecting”
>>>>                 surviving are determined and
>>>>                 controlled, even those who have power –
>>>>                 “scientific or unscientific”.
>>>>
>>>>                 There is undeniable history of efforts
>>>>                 and activities of survivors of
>>>>                 different forms oppressions and
>>>>                 genocides,  where generations of
>>>>                 survivors have shown resilience and the
>>>>                 ability to move on, but only to be met
>>>>                 with new and systematic ways of
>>>>                  psychological and economic oppression.
>>>>                 Leaving them with no option but to
>>>>                 survive by different means at the
>>>>                 disposal, including becoming religious
>>>>                 with the home for future redemption. Of
>>>>                 more interest to me are those who keep
>>>>                 trying using   “enlightened” ways by
>>>>                 intellectually explaining to themselves
>>>>                 as a collective and to the oppressor
>>>>                 with the hope to bring about change for
>>>>                 their situation – the “doing something
>>>>                 about their situation.” Using the
>>>>                 analogy of a monopoly game Tameka Jones
>>>>                 Young
>>>>                 https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10158129729940856&id=522190855__;!!Mih3wA!UO3GqHpf8x54Sb0F4DVygXFECH7CEZ4Md34ReAC-0dwNTy61-MyqVAlQKrWeKY1RpG1yqA$ 
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>>>>                 (please watch if you a minute to spare)
>>>>                 , has a way that highlights why “victim
>>>>                 mentality” is not an appropriate, or
>>>>                 rather demeaning of those who are
>>>>                 working hard to be free, let alone to
>>>>                 be at par with the oppressors’
>>>>                 “survivors” if I may say so. The video
>>>>                 is in the context of the gruesome
>>>>                 protests after the murder of George
>>>>                 Floyd, perhaps what is important for
>>>>                 this conversation is the content, the
>>>>                 meaning of her articulations, though
>>>>                 her expressions are accompanied by very
>>>>                 strong emotions, I found her monopoly
>>>>                 analogy worth my reflection.
>>>>
>>>>                 I must say I owe it to myself to try
>>>>                 draw some links between Cultural
>>>>                 Historical Activity Theory, Critical
>>>>                 Race Theory and Social Justice theory,
>>>>                 I admire scholars, some who maybe in
>>>>                 this thread who have used these
>>>>                 theoretical lenses in their work in
>>>>                 trying to understand mental development
>>>>                 it the global context. I think Cultural
>>>>                 Historical Activity Theory maybe one of
>>>>                 the appropriate tools to explain that
>>>>                 which concerns Lindsay; how Critical
>>>>                 theory is finding its way of
>>>>                 infiltrating critical spaces in
>>>>                 communities, including academia, which
>>>>                 he sees as nothing but “Grievance
>>>>                 Studies”  and threatening scientific
>>>>                 thinking.
>>>>
>>>>                 It has been good partaking in these
>>>>                 conversations. I think reflections can
>>>>                 continue to happen in private at a
>>>>                 personal level and in smaller groups. 
>>>>                 What is important is; yes need to
>>>>                 reflect on our thinking and our
>>>>                 learning. I myself have learned a lot
>>>>                 from this thread, in conscious and
>>>>                 unconscious ways I transform as I read
>>>>                 your contributions, to the point I  at
>>>>                 times pleasantly surprise myself
>>>>                 quoting what was said in this thread.
>>>>
>>>>                 Regards
>>>>
>>>>                 S’ma
>>>>
>>>>                 *From:* xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu
>>>>                 <mailto:xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu>
>>>>                 <xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu
>>>>                 <mailto:xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu>>
>>>>                 *On Behalf Of *Annalisa Aguilar
>>>>                 *Sent:* Friday, 26 June 2020 22:37
>>>>                 *To:* eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
>>>>                 <xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu
>>>>                 <mailto:xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu>>
>>>>                 *Subject:* [Xmca-l] Re: Your views on a
>>>>                 question.
>>>>
>>>>                 Hello S'ma and venerable others,
>>>>
>>>>                 I was intrigued by this notion of
>>>>                 Critical Theory being posed as a
>>>>                 "grievance science," as if taking on a
>>>>                 maudlin cape of "victim mentality"
>>>>                 around the shoulders, etc.
>>>>
>>>>                 It seems something of a cop-out to
>>>>                 reduce it to that. It is almost as
>>>>                 grievous as Holocaust deniers.
>>>>
>>>>                 Still, to consider it analytically,
>>>>                 Critical Theory by design is intended
>>>>                 to uncover the ideologies by which
>>>>                 certain social sciences have been
>>>>                 taught and promulgated. It's
>>>>                 de-constructive, right? This stance
>>>>                 might be seen as nihilistic, but there
>>>>                 has been some valuable work from
>>>>                 stripping off the veneer of power
>>>>                 structures in order to analyze its
>>>>                 underlying logic, which in many cases
>>>>                 has been arbitrary and reveals that
>>>>                 privilege is usually not earned through
>>>>                 merit.
>>>>
>>>>                 When considering relations of power,
>>>>                 it's easy (albeit insensitive) for
>>>>                 someone of privilege to name the
>>>>                 powerless as "victims," but when this
>>>>                 is done, it is only in an objection
>>>>                 when victims call themselves victims,
>>>>                 as if they have no right to do so.
>>>>
>>>>                 So who has the right to use this word
>>>>                 "victim"?
>>>>
>>>>                 I feel there is a strange aura about
>>>>                 the word that is likened to the word
>>>>                 "masochistic" and it's *that baggage* I
>>>>                 am wrangling with in my post here.
>>>>
>>>>                 Must there be prejudice cast upon those
>>>>                 who are actual and legitimate victims.
>>>>                 There seems intertwined in the meaning
>>>>                 of the word something unquantifiable
>>>>                 but that does result in "blaming the
>>>>                 victim" dynamics, and even more
>>>>                 insidious, gaslighting, and these have
>>>>                 results of its own harmful effects.
>>>>                 (Like when we say "to add insult to
>>>>                 injury").
>>>>
>>>>                 Can no one use the word "victim" anymore?
>>>>
>>>>                 Frequently people use the word
>>>>                 "survivor," which does have
>>>>                 connotations of resilience and
>>>>                 fortitude against odds (of being
>>>>                 victimized). But when we consider the
>>>>                 word "survivor" when used as the name
>>>>                 of a reality game show  (in the early
>>>>                 naughts). where people choose to put
>>>>                 themselves in difficult circumstances
>>>>                 on deserted islands to overcome these
>>>>                 circumstances by their wits, to then be
>>>>                 "voted off the island" by the other
>>>>                 "survivors." Talk about social Darwinism!
>>>>
>>>>                 I feel there is still something the
>>>>                 word "survivor" leaves unspoken about
>>>>                 the representation of a person who has
>>>>                 been a target of prejudice, crime,
>>>>                 neglect, or abuse, whether
>>>>                 intentionally or not.
>>>>
>>>>                 Curious, I looked up the definitions of
>>>>                 "victim" and found these:
>>>>
>>>>                  1. a person who suffers from a
>>>>                     destructive or injurious action or
>>>>                     agency: a victim of an automobile
>>>>                     accident.
>>>>                  2. a person who is deceived or
>>>>                     cheated, as by his or her own
>>>>                     emotions or ignorance, by the
>>>>                     dishonesty of others, or by some
>>>>                     impersonal agency: a victim of
>>>>                     misplaced confidence; the victim of
>>>>                     a swindler; a victim of an optical
>>>>                     illusion.
>>>>                  3. a person or animal sacrificed or
>>>>                     regarded as sacrificed: war victims.
>>>>                  4. a living creature sacrificed in
>>>>                     religious rites.
>>>>
>>>>                 When I look up synonyms for "victim" I
>>>>                 find this:
>>>>
>>>>                 casualty, fatality, martyr, sufferer,
>>>>                 butt, clown, dupe, fool, gambit,
>>>>                 gopher, gudgeon, gull, hireling,
>>>>                 immolation, innocent, mark, patsy,
>>>>                 pawn, pigeon, prey, pushover, quarry,
>>>>                 sacrifice, scapegoat, stooge, sucker,
>>>>                 underdog, wretch, babe in woods, easy
>>>>                 make, easy mark, hunted, injured party,
>>>>                 sitting duck, sitting target, soft touch.
>>>>
>>>>                 I did the same for the term survivor:
>>>>
>>>>                  1. a person or thing that survives.
>>>>                  2. Law. the one of two or more
>>>>                     designated persons, as joint
>>>>                     tenants or others having a joint
>>>>                     interest, who outlives the other or
>>>>                     others.
>>>>                  3. a person who continues to function
>>>>                     or prosper in spite of opposition,
>>>>                     hardship, or setbacks.
>>>>
>>>>                 Synoymns:
>>>>
>>>>                 balance, debris, leftovers, legacy,
>>>>                 oddments, remainder, remnant, remnants,
>>>>                 residue, rest, scraps, surplus, trash,
>>>>                 odds and ends, orts
>>>>
>>>>                 The third definition seems the lest
>>>>                 frequent usage, or is it the most
>>>>                 recent accepted meaning?
>>>>
>>>>                 It is odd to consider victims as
>>>>                 designated parties of sacrifice; and
>>>>                 survivors to be considered mere leftovers.
>>>>
>>>>                 Is it that the life energy of victims
>>>>                 are like easily accessible batteries to
>>>>                 be utilized for the benefit of those
>>>>                 not sacrificed? Isn't that what
>>>>                 criminals do? To appropriate the
>>>>                 property or energy of others for their
>>>>                 own unearned benefit and advancement?
>>>>
>>>>                 Is that fitness or crime?
>>>>
>>>>                 t the same time to be a survivor seems
>>>>                 to be something left less whole.
>>>>
>>>>                 What then would one call an individual
>>>>                 or group who has been overpowered
>>>>                 against their self-agency by another
>>>>                 individual or group? Is there a word
>>>>                 without these undertowing currents of
>>>>                 meaning?
>>>>
>>>>                 We can say oppressed, but no one likes
>>>>                 to say "I have been oppressed." or "I
>>>>                 am oppressed," just as no one likes to
>>>>                 say "I have been victimized," "I am a
>>>>                 victim," or "My society is victimized
>>>>                 by your society," or "My ancestors were
>>>>                 enslaved by yours."
>>>>
>>>>                 And yet, these would be factual
>>>>                 pronouncements, were legitimate
>>>>                 individuals (victims) of those actual
>>>>                 experiences to describe themselves in
>>>>                 this fashion.
>>>>
>>>>                 Would it be no different than an
>>>>                 individual saying, "I have been an
>>>>                 oppressor." or "I oppress." No one
>>>>                 likes to say "I victimize others," "I
>>>>                 am a perpetrator," or "My society
>>>>                 victimizes your society," or "My
>>>>                 ancestors enslaved yours."
>>>>
>>>>                 The problem in making these sorts of
>>>>                 statements is that while factual and
>>>>                 descriptive, they can actually be
>>>>                 twisted into being prescriptive. As if
>>>>                 to say, "I did this and I can do it
>>>>                 again because that's who I am." or
>>>>                 "This happened to me and it can happen
>>>>                 again because that's who I am."
>>>>
>>>>                 While there are people such as this
>>>>                 Lindsay (I did not watch the video),
>>>>                 who can throw about "victimization" as
>>>>                 if it were a shameful badge to wear, I
>>>>                 don't see anyone of that camp using the
>>>>                 same disdain to describe those who
>>>>                 performed grave injustices against
>>>>                 others, to perhaps utter a phrase like
>>>>                 "perpetrator of injustices", that might
>>>>                 invoke that same shadow of shame. To my
>>>>                 estimation, whatever the words, it
>>>>                 would be right and just they should
>>>>                 provide that  shadow of shame, given
>>>>                 the injustices that Critical Theory is
>>>>                 attempting to understand, without
>>>>                 further empowering perpetrators and
>>>>                 without further disempowering victims.
>>>>
>>>>                 Is the reason for this blindspot or
>>>>                 lapse because a crime performed in past
>>>>                 cannot be adjusted to correct for the
>>>>                 crime, that it somehow means justice
>>>>                 cannot be performed? In a sort of
>>>>                 "shrugged shoulders - c'est la vie"
>>>>                 kind of attitude? That no one believes
>>>>                 exhuming the "dead bodies" from
>>>>                 "unmarked graves" worth the
>>>>                 unpleasantness of the task?
>>>>
>>>>                 Why is it easy to commit the crime, but
>>>>                 so hard to bend the arc of justice to
>>>>                 meet the crime?
>>>>
>>>>                 In the days of the American Wild West,
>>>>                 justice was doled out too quickly, but
>>>>                 now it seems it is too slowly.
>>>>
>>>>                 This is why I wonder how to consider
>>>>                 science when we are talking about power
>>>>                 structures. What is scientific about
>>>>                 justice/injustice? Power seems
>>>>                 unscientific. It is arbitrary. Or is it?
>>>>
>>>>                 Were we to describe the cause and
>>>>                 effect of such power structures and
>>>>                 their internal reasoning, it would
>>>>                 start to sound like Nazi propaganda, or
>>>>                 the promotion of eugenics.
>>>>
>>>>                 I'm reminded of a Bill Moyers interview
>>>>                 I saw many years ago, the name of the
>>>>                 guest I don't remember. I only recall
>>>>                 he was a politico for the George W Bush
>>>>                 campaign, and the fellow claimed his
>>>>                 favorite book was Orwell's 1984, as if
>>>>                 to say that it was an instruction
>>>>                 booklet on how to create the kind of
>>>>                 society he wanted. The blatant honesty
>>>>                 was breathtaking.
>>>>
>>>>                 Reading S'ma's post made me aware of
>>>>                 how in the case of (all forms of)
>>>>                 oppression it's rare for the oppressor
>>>>                 to say, "I have some self-reflection to
>>>>                 do to answer for the deeds of my
>>>>                 ancestors, to make up for the
>>>>                 injustices suffered by your ancestors,"
>>>>                 or "My sense of privilege allowed me to
>>>>                 oppress you, and I don't feel right
>>>>                 about that, so I will stop that now. I
>>>>                 see the errors of my ways."
>>>>
>>>>                 It feels there is no obligation for
>>>>                 reconciliation because such folk
>>>>                 percieve the cement of history has been
>>>>                 poured and dried. "It's in the past,
>>>>                 let's move on."
>>>>
>>>>                 There is something absurd about the
>>>>                 tacit agreement to avoid self-naming,
>>>>                 and I'm trying to sort out how it might
>>>>                 be not to be so absurd sounding.
>>>>
>>>>                 Has anyone a hand up to provide me on
>>>>                 this reflection?
>>>>
>>>>                 I'm not sure I'm articulating this very
>>>>                 well, but that is my best attempt.
>>>>                 Forgive any flaws in my reasoning, and
>>>>                 of course the typos there above.
>>>>
>>>>                 Kind regards,
>>>>
>>>>                 Annalisa
>>>>
>>>>                 ------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>                 *From:*xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu
>>>>                 <mailto:xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu>
>>>>                 <xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu
>>>>                 <mailto:xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu>>
>>>>                 on behalf of Simangele Mayisela
>>>>                 <simangele.mayisela@wits.ac.za
>>>>                 <mailto:simangele.mayisela@wits.ac.za>>
>>>>                 *Sent:* Thursday, June 25, 2020 6:04 AM
>>>>                 *To:* eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
>>>>                 <xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu
>>>>                 <mailto:xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu>>
>>>>                 *Subject:* [Xmca-l] Re: Your views on a
>>>>                 question.
>>>>
>>>>                 *[EXTERNAL]*
>>>>
>>>>                 Hi Andy and Alfredo
>>>>
>>>>                 Thank you for responding to my
>>>>                 communication, and for viewing  the
>>>>                 video I referred to in my previous
>>>>                 email. Let me say that the connection
>>>>                 between the current conversation about
>>>>                 “scientific” knowledge (in this case in
>>>>                 relation to “levels” of mental
>>>>                 development and “ideology”) and James
>>>>                 Lindsay’s argument on Critical Theory
>>>>                 having no scientific basis (in the
>>>>                 video) is this:
>>>>
>>>>                 Lindsayand his colleagues believe that
>>>>                 Critical Theory, I suppose with its
>>>>                 shoots like Critical Race Theory,
>>>>                 Critical Race Feminist theory,
>>>>                  Identity Theories, etc. do not have a
>>>>                 scientific base but are a  movement
>>>>                 which they call “Grievance studies”, 
>>>>                 that perpetuates “self-pity” and
>>>>                 “victim mentality”. They further went
>>>>                 on to produce fake scientific study
>>>>                 “dog rape culture and feminism” known
>>>>                 as “hoax science” as evidence of how
>>>>                 unscientific “grievance studies” are; 
>>>>                 most of which are of course are
>>>>                 situated in the social sciences. This
>>>>                 further exposed the paucity in the
>>>>                 system of peer reviews in scientific
>>>>                 journals, which some believe are also
>>>>                 tainted by ideological predispositions
>>>>                 – my fear is that this introduces
>>>>                 mistrust in the notion of review
>>>>                 processes of scientific journals -
>>>>                  which we have to be concerned about.
>>>>
>>>>                 The reason I brought up Lindsay’s
>>>>                 argument to the picture is: while I am
>>>>                 not certain if I wholly agree with
>>>>                 Lindsay’s argument on Critical
>>>>                 Theories, I  am however fascinated by
>>>>                 the fact that they confirm the
>>>>                 influence of ideological position an
>>>>                 individual or rather a “scientist”
>>>>                 holds,  ( an idea alluded to by some,
>>>>                 earlier in this thread). I believe, as
>>>>                 much as we aspire to be objective in
>>>>                 our pursuit of scientific enquiry, the
>>>>                 narratives associated with our
>>>>                 scientific knowledge(s) are likely to
>>>>                 be tainted with ideologically biases or
>>>>                 historicity. The likes of Lindsay and
>>>>                 Weinstein bring to our attention the
>>>>                 dangers of the exclusion of the masses
>>>>                 in the name of “scientific evidence” –
>>>>                 who in this day of rapid technological
>>>>                 connection the collective is gradually
>>>>                 become global rather than in specific
>>>>                 localities. Even those that deemed to
>>>>                 have “primitive mental functioning” or
>>>>                 “unsophisticated” mental functioning,
>>>>                 their unexpected ability to infiltrate
>>>>                 academia and other spaces with Critical
>>>>                 Theory  like a “Trojan Horse”, that’s
>>>>                 according to Bret Weinstein (
>>>>                 po.nl/2020/06/20/must-watch-joe-rogan-with-bret-weinstein-critical-theory-is-basically-a-trojan-horse/
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>>>>                 ) seems to surprise us. I wonder
>>>>                 though, if Critical Theorists' Trojan
>>>>                 Horse is scientific evidence of
>>>>                 “self-pity”, “victim mentality”,
>>>>                 unsophisticated mental functioning, …
>>>>                 (we can add other classifying
>>>>                 adjectives to describe all those who
>>>>                 have not developed “scientific tools”).
>>>>
>>>>                 My reference to Lindsay and Marxism, is
>>>>                 related to some of the sources that I
>>>>                 have encountered earlier, clearly not
>>>>                 on this YouTube video I referred you
>>>>                 to, but it is  within this line of
>>>>                 debates about “scientific” knowledge”.
>>>>
>>>>                 It seems to me that the association of
>>>>                  Paulo Freire’s  “Education for the
>>>>                 Oppressed” to "victim mentality" is
>>>>                 kind of twisted and perhaps mistook for
>>>>                 “Education for the Depressed”, which is
>>>>                 unfortunate, especially if we take into
>>>>                 consideration all the publications by
>>>>                 Freire, like Education for Liberation.
>>>>                 Nevertheless, the Trojan Horse analogy
>>>>                 for the Critical Education is evidence
>>>>                 of  the collectively formulated
>>>>                 knowledge that is generously shared,
>>>>                 rendering the commodified "scientific"
>>>>                 knowledge accessible to the privileged
>>>>                 few, generously shared to all who needs
>>>>                 to advance the survival of humanity.
>>>>
>>>>                 Regards,
>>>>
>>>>                 Simangele
>>>>
>>>>                 simangele.mayisela@wits.ac.za
>>>>                 <mailto:simangele.mayisela@wits.ac.za>
>>>>
>>>>                 *From:* xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu
>>>>                 <mailto:xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu>
>>>>                 <xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu
>>>>                 <mailto:xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu>>
>>>>                 *On Behalf Of *Andy Blunden
>>>>                 *Sent:* Wednesday, 24 June 2020 03:37
>>>>                 *To:* xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu
>>>>                 <mailto:xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu>
>>>>                 *Subject:* [Xmca-l] Re: Your views on a
>>>>                 question.
>>>>
>>>>                 Casting collective efforts at
>>>>                 self-determination as "victim
>>>>                 mentality" or "self pity" has long been
>>>>                 a line of right-wing criticism of
>>>>                 progressive movements. Of all people,
>>>>                 Paulo Freire is the last to be guilty
>>>>                 of such a sin though; his pedagogy is
>>>>                 aimed specifically, like Myles
>>>>                 Horton's, at stimulating and equipping
>>>>                 people from being victims to
>>>>                 self-determination. There is such a
>>>>                 thing as a politics of pity though; it
>>>>                 is called philanthropy and charity.
>>>>
>>>>                 Andy
>>>>
>>>>                 ------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>                 *Andy Blunden*
>>>>                 Hegel for Social Movements
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>                 On 24/06/2020 9:11 am, Alfredo Jornet
>>>>                 Gil wrote:
>>>>
>>>>                     thanks S’ma; among the many
>>>>                     philosophy of science scholars who
>>>>                     discuss what rigorous scientific
>>>>                     and scholarship are or can be, your
>>>>                     choice—a video critiquing critical
>>>>                     theory in terms of what Lindsay
>>>>                     refers to as “grievance studies”–is
>>>>                      indeed surprising and remarkable
>>>>                     in the context of this conversation!
>>>>
>>>>                     In the video, which did not so much
>>>>                     touch my small Marxist me (I am not
>>>>                     so well read so as to know how much
>>>>                     of a Marxist I am!), Lindsay
>>>>                     mentions Paolo Freire’s Pedagogy of
>>>>                     the Oppressed as an example of
>>>>                     “critical social justice” books,
>>>>                     which he defines as “a codified way
>>>>                     to indulge people into self
>>>>                     pity…”(min. 47:50). He complains
>>>>                     that teachers are being educated
>>>>                     with Freire’s book, and that
>>>>                     students are being taught with this
>>>>                     critical (or, as Lindsay’s says,
>>>>                     this self-pity) attitude. Without
>>>>                     going into whether Lindsay’s
>>>>                     critique holds or has any touch
>>>>                     with what critical theory scholars
>>>>                     argue and do, I wonder, what would
>>>>                     be, from Lindsay’s position, an
>>>>                     example of a good book for
>>>>                     teachers, and why would that one be
>>>>                     it?
>>>>
>>>>                     Alfredo
>>>>
>>>>                     *From:
>>>>                     *<xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu>
>>>>                     <mailto:xmca-l-bounces@mailman.ucsd.edu>
>>>>                     on behalf of Martin Packer
>>>>                     <mpacker@cantab.net>
>>>>                     <mailto:mpacker@cantab.net>
>>>>                     *Reply to: *"eXtended Mind,
>>>>                     Culture, Activity"
>>>>                     <xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu>
>>>>                     <mailto:xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu>
>>>>                     *Date: *Tuesday, 23 June 2020 at 23:54
>>>>                     *To: *"eXtended Mind, Culture,
>>>>                     Activity" <xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu>
>>>>                     <mailto:xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu>
>>>>                     *Subject: *[Xmca-l] Re: Your views
>>>>                     on a question.
>>>>
>>>>                     Hi Simangele,
>>>>
>>>>                     How are you evaluating “level of
>>>>                     mental functioning”? I would say
>>>>                     that is something with which
>>>>                     psychology has had some difficulty.
>>>>
>>>>                     Martin
>>>>
>>>>                     /"I may say that whenever I meet
>>>>                     Mrs. Seligman or Dr. Lowie or
>>>>                     discuss matters with
>>>>                     Radcliffe-Brown or Kroeber,
>>>>                     I become at once aware that my
>>>>                     partner does not understand
>>>>                     anything in the matter, and I end
>>>>                     usually with the feeling that this
>>>>                     also applies to myself”
>>>>                     (Malinowski, 1930)/
>>>>
>>>>                         On Jun 23, 2020, at 4:32 PM,
>>>>                         Simangele Mayisela
>>>>                         <simangele.mayisela@wits.ac.za
>>>>                         <mailto:simangele.mayisela@wits.ac.za>>
>>>>                         wrote:
>>>>
>>>>                         Further,  I still have more
>>>>                         questions, however it does
>>>>                         appear to me that at the heart
>>>>                         of the “hypothesis” of the
>>>>                         scientific question are the
>>>>                         “levels” of mental development
>>>>                         which are associated to “skin
>>>>                         colour”, with little
>>>>                         consideration of the historical
>>>>                         oppression that created the
>>>>                         “backwards” economies that keep
>>>>                         the third of the global
>>>>                         population is what appears to
>>>>                         be of low level of mental
>>>>                         functioning. The question is
>>>>                         more about “what is the quality
>>>>                         of the contents of what is
>>>>                         embodies by the black skin or a
>>>>                         white skin?” with the aim to
>>>>                         find evidence for the difference.
>>>>
>>>>                         Just to share, lately  have
>>>>                         been viewing James Lindsay
>>>>                         argument on what is
>>>>                         “scientific”, “rigorous
>>>>                         scientific” and “scholarship”
>>>>                          vs  popular narratives that
>>>>                         are a propaganda based on
>>>>                         Critical Theory, which are
>>>>                         taking over academy. Here is
>>>>                         one his videos that you may
>>>>                         want to view – if you are
>>>>                         Marxist at heart be warned that
>>>>                         you may be challenged by
>>>>                         Lindsay’s argument on ideologies.
>>>>
>>>>                         https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N55gFjg4yg__;!!Mih3wA!UO3GqHpf8x54Sb0F4DVygXFECH7CEZ4Md34ReAC-0dwNTy61-MyqVAlQKrWeKY13j9E2ng$ 
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>>>>
>>>>                         Regards
>>>>
>>>>                         S’ma
>>>>
>>>>                         *From:* Simangele Mayisela
>>>>                         *Sent:* Tuesday, 23 June 2020 22:10
>>>>                         *To:* eXtended Mind, Culture,
>>>>                         Activity
>>>>                         <xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu
>>>>                         <mailto:xmca-l@mailman.ucsd.edu>>
>>>>                         *Subject:* RE: [Xmca-l] Re:
>>>>                         Your views on a question.
>>>>
>>>>                         Dear Alfredo
>>>>
>>>>                         Thank you for taking my
>>>>                         attention of “level” which is
>>>>                         crucial to rendering the
>>>>                         question “scientific”. But
>>>>                         couple with level, which could
>>>>                         be quantifies as “high” and
>>>>                         “low” or “superior” or
>>>>                         “inferior” would account for
>>>>                         “difference”. As much as the
>>>>                         question to be asked should be
>>>>                         about the “ideological basis” ,
>>>>                         I think the “hypothesis” is
>>>>                         likely to be linked to the
>>>>                         “ideolody” as the hypothesis
>>>>                         serves as springboard from
>>>>                         which the scientist works from,
>>>>                         which informs where the person
>>>>                          will land  in terms of the ideas.
>>>>
>>>>                         Nevertheless thank you for the
>>>>                         clarification. I see what you
>>>>                         mean ?
>>>>
>>>>                         Regards,
>>>>
>>>>                         S’ma
>>>>
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> Re-generating CHAT Website: re-generatingchat.com 
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://re-generatingchat.com__;!!Mih3wA!UtoKrfxi3sZ3NjF4DR5th-IZNVsQcMsq_kt9ksl6RVohAkfKsXZvVi4tIZ_i-TFWAlRbUw$>
> Archival resources website: lchc.ucsd.edu 
> <http://lchc.ucsd.edu>.
> Narrative history of LCHC: lchcautobio.ucsd.edu 
> <http://lchcautobio.ucsd.edu>.
>
>
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