INTELLECTUALS, reason & al.

[MSalter1@aol.com]

In a message dated 30/07/97 23:03:24 GMT, Ralph writes:

<< Aginast my own earlier prejudices, I have learned a great deal of respect
 for Adorno as a thinker, as an intellectual not afraid to be an
 intellectual, in spite of his own anti-political stance.   >>

I would like Ralph to tell us some more about this particular piece of his
posting, and how it fits in with or (fruitfully contradicts? ) his other
criticisms. A related question for me is how Adorno (of all the CTs), escapes
the force of criticism which Ralph directs towards others on this lists whose
relationship to political struggles, everyday life etc., is no less distant.
I ask this partly because I myself am not sure why I prefer Adorno's writings
to those of Marcuse.

By the way, I for one would prefer it if we got a bit less uppercase
"SHOUTING" on this list, particularly if we could, in principle, come to
agree about problems concerning
black-underclass-hip-hopping-sexist-out-of-control-drunken peasants etc.

Michael (who aims never to be in control)