define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); Comments on: Announcing ‘The Polis’ http://www.makingchutney.com/2003/03/30/announcing-the-polis/ One part facial hair. Two parts moxy. Thu, 11 Sep 2003 05:19:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Wealth Bondage http://www.makingchutney.com/2003/03/30/announcing-the-polis/comment-page-1/#comment-211 Thu, 11 Sep 2003 05:19:03 +0000 http://www.makingchutney.com/posts/2003/03/30/announcing-the-polis/#comment-211 The Polis (Not the Police)
“M” My Irony

]]> By: Wealth Bondage http://www.makingchutney.com/2003/03/30/announcing-the-polis/comment-page-1/#comment-210 Thu, 11 Sep 2003 01:21:44 +0000 http://www.makingchutney.com/posts/2003/03/30/announcing-the-polis/#comment-210 The Polis (Not the Police)
“M” My Irony

]]> By: A Dusky Foreigner http://www.makingchutney.com/2003/03/30/announcing-the-polis/comment-page-1/#comment-209 Wed, 02 Apr 2003 19:41:22 +0000 http://www.makingchutney.com/posts/2003/03/30/announcing-the-polis/#comment-209 Someone should invite the dudes or dudettes from MeltingObject and Waggish. Giornale Nuovo is good too. Just imagine all these great sites ringed together for increased clicking pleasure.

]]> By: chutney http://www.makingchutney.com/2003/03/30/announcing-the-polis/comment-page-1/#comment-208 Tue, 01 Apr 2003 18:46:33 +0000 http://www.makingchutney.com/posts/2003/03/30/announcing-the-polis/#comment-208 Anyone in critical theory or the Frankfurt school is postmodern to me.

]]> By: Curtiss Leung http://www.makingchutney.com/2003/03/30/announcing-the-polis/comment-page-1/#comment-207 Tue, 01 Apr 2003 18:16:19 +0000 http://www.makingchutney.com/posts/2003/03/30/announcing-the-polis/#comment-207 I’m very interested in/influenced by Theodor Adorno and Guy Debord, thinkers that some would claim are postmodern, but that others would claim are modernist/Marxian. Given my childhood with a Maoist father, my political temperment seems to see-saw between vulgar and Hegelian Marxism. But I suppose such a temperment might be described as postmodern, even if its components are not.

Personal trivia: my father emigrated from China, and idolized Mao from nationalist sentiments rather than Communist beliefs, although lip service to those were part of the package. Later in life he also thought highly of Ronald Reagan and Rudolph Guiliani, and felt comfortable that there was no contradiction in his pantheon of political heroes: "What is important is to have strong leadership!" he’d say.

"Men resemble their times more than their fathers," lamented Debord. In my case, I think that’s a good thing.

]]> By: chutney http://www.makingchutney.com/2003/03/30/announcing-the-polis/comment-page-1/#comment-206 Tue, 01 Apr 2003 05:00:14 +0000 http://www.makingchutney.com/posts/2003/03/30/announcing-the-polis/#comment-206 We’re now (after one day) up to four members in The Polis, including none other than wood s lot! I always told mama I’d make good.

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