Empire (hacktivismo)

[filipe ceppas]

> if the FS stimulates your philosophical practice to
> me this is a type of praxis perspective. The intellectual/activist divide
> (theory/praxis) is equally redundant. Here we all are in cyberspace. Why
> isn't this "communication" a form of praxis? Barricades and riots are
> another. Working in the "system" to effect a progressive agenda another.

Dear Matthew,

I think that what I have to say isn't an original insight neither... But
maybe it is an important one. When I ask for a "praxis perspective", I think
on something like a feedback process between POLITICAL action and
intelectual activity. As you suggest, action and thinking are disjoinable
streams (?!) of our existence. But I think we can distinguish between
moments when the POLITICAL intervention is at stake --what we call practice,
distinct from whatever action we take, like drink coffee, and no matter the
weight of theory-intelectual intervention--, and a theoretical work which
must sometimes even put itself away from the pressures of practical needs in
order to... I will not say "think better about reality", but maybe we can
say: in order to (try to) restrain the limits that can be settle by those
needs (particularly when we are confronted with more traditional political
issues, but maybe it goes the same for "micropolitics" too...). Ciberspace
communication, barricades, riots and social work are obviously one thing or
another, or both. The link between these two "poles" always exist somehow,
but maybe we can call "praxis" the effort for a more elaborate dynamics of
this feedback, which somehow guides our political practice. The question I
made was about the strenght of FS in terms of given us support for this
"more elaborated dynamics" on present times. I don't think that stimulous is
a sufficient answer...

No matter what you say, I keep worried about the difficult I have to express
myself in English...

Cheers

Filipe.