Re: [ox-en] word social forum/stallman/patents
- From: Benni Baermann <benni obda.de>
- Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 01:24:01 +0100
On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 09:32:51AM -0800, Kermit Snelson wrote:
Also, maybe you could specify in what way Hardt and Negri's
work is based on a reactionary metaphysics? Could you define
reactionary metaphysics?
My thinking here follows Hans Kelsen, the famous jurist and the lead
architect of the constitution of Austria. Kelsen is associated with the
school of legal positivism, which is the main rival of the natural law
school. (Incidentally, Negri and Hardt cite Kelsen in the early pages of
_Empire_.)
I think it's clear that Negri and Hardt's book is a typical example of
natural law thinking which, as Kelsen demonstrated, derives from a
metaphysical worldview.
Eh, it may be my bad english, but: What the hell ist "natural law" and
"legal positivism". You seems to think, everybody knows this. Maybe
you can explain this in short words? Thankyou.
A more obvious link between Negri and today's forces of reaction is his
unstinting advocacy of globalism and the decline of the nation-state.
What is good on nations? Nobody needs this phantasmas.
Benni
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