Toward a Theory of Historical Regression
On April 18, 2009, the Platypus Affiliated Society conducted the following panel discussion at the Left Forum Conference at Pace University in New York City. The panel was organized around four significant moments in the progressive diremption of theory and practice over the course of the 20th century: 2001 (Spencer A. Leonard), 1968 (Atiya Khan), 1933 (Richard Rubin), and 1917 (Chris Cutrone). The following is an edited transcript of the introduction to the panel by Benjamin Blumberg, the panelists’ prepared statements, and the Q&A session that followed. The Platypus Review encourages interested readers to view the complete video recording of the event.
Pingback by A Response to Reid Cane’s “Leninism or Luxemburgism” « The Charnel-House on 14 September 2010:
[...] Left in general had undergone an extreme regression in the course of the 20th century (Platypus’ “Decline of the Left” thesis), and that this should be the Left’s foremost concern. To this, Reid responded: I have [...]
Pingback by Measuring the Depths « The Charnel-House on 15 September 2010:
[...] Left in general had undergone an extreme regression in the course of the 20th century (Platypus’ “Decline of the Left” thesis), and that this should be the Left’s foremost concern. To this, Reid responded: I have [...]
Pingback by On the Left Front of Art: An Interview and Counter-Interview with the Anarchist Performance Artist Kalan Sherrard « The Charnel-House on 11 August 2011:
[...] As far as the major moments of regression that have taken place since then, I feel that the Platypus Affiliated Society has done an excellent job in examining the most crucial dates in their retrospective on “The Decline of the Left in the 20th Century.” [...]
Pingback by Occupy Demand Itself « Left Turn At the Crossroads of Critical Thinking: on 19 October 2011:
[...] death from the yawning maws of moderate success on all levels but the cultural since the 1960s. The Left is dead, long live the left, my PAS comrades say. They have a pretty convincing analysis to back this up, which finally brings [...]