“The urge to depoliticize emerges in theories about politics as well as in the political life about which we theorize.” (William E. Connolly (1983) The Terms of Political Discourse, Princeton/NY, Preface to the 2nd ed.)
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(Why) Should we depoliticize the political discourse?
Posted in Quote of the week, tagged connolly, depoliticize, political discourse, theory on May 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Belated best wishes?
Posted in Quote of the week, tagged 125th anniversary of Marx´s death, Marx, Marxism on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“All I know is that I am not a Marxist.”
[original quote: "Tout ce que je sais, c'est que je ne suis pas Marxiste." in: Brief von Engels an Konrad Schmidt, 1890, MEW 37, 436]
Quote of the week
Posted in Quote of the week, tagged diplomacy, edward heath, Quote of the week on February 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he says nothing”
(Edward Heath)
Quote of the week
Posted in Quote of the week, tagged Quote of the week, Sir Henry Royce on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“The quality remains, long after the price is forgotten.”
(Henry Royce)
Quote of the week
Posted in Quote of the week, tagged Quote of the week, reasoning, Russell, thinking on January 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Many people would sooner die than think. In fact they do” (Bertrand Russell)
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Posted in Quote of the week, tagged Quine, Quote of the week on January 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Any statement can be held true come what may, if we make drastic enough adjustments elsewhere in the system.”
(W.V.O. Quine, Two Dogmas of Empiricism, p.43)
