tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post4725471637663761202..comments2024-02-20T14:00:41.771-05:00Comments on A Canadian Lefty in Occupied Land: Review: Prison of GrassUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-70464429173261154782009-04-28T18:20:00.000-04:002009-04-28T18:20:00.000-04:00Interesting article. I'm not sure what I think of ...Interesting article. I'm not sure what I think of "cosmopolitan right" as a framework in general for thinking about such things, but certainly I agree that collectives of oppressed peoples have every right to separate or connected-but-autonomous spaces, and to minimize engagement with their oppressors.<br /><br />I don't remember the details, but in <EM>Exalted Subjects</EM>, Sunera Thobani talksScott Neighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415106335668233754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-36454706649383571602009-04-28T01:32:00.000-04:002009-04-28T01:32:00.000-04:00Scott in light of our discussion on nationalism,in...Scott in light of our discussion on nationalism,indigenous peoples etc I thought you might find the following article interesting.Personally I am with the author on this one...<br /><br />Cosmopolitan Right, Indigenous Peoples, and the Risks of Cultural Interaction<br /><br />http://publicreason.ro/articol/3Dirk Buchholzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07570132508341336729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-69524248300060894512009-04-26T22:10:00.000-04:002009-04-26T22:10:00.000-04:00Hi again Dirk...sorry I didn't reply right away, b...Hi again Dirk...sorry I didn't reply right away, but it has been a busy weekend.<br /><br />Thanks for your kind words, and for your clarifications. And I think your final point is quite important -- there are certainly differences in detail, but the underlying spirit in the works of those you mention feels much the same.Scott Neighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415106335668233754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-45345272608204493052009-04-24T23:33:00.000-04:002009-04-24T23:33:00.000-04:00Scott wrote..."I hope what I said didn't come acro...Scott wrote..."I hope what I said didn't come across as somehow opposed to or sitting in judgment of indigenous nationalisms...I'm certainly not"...<br /><br />Never crossed my mind Scott,indeed far from it.<br />I appreciate your writing in fact you are a very good at outlining various positions etc without coming across as taking sides or beating your own drum.<br />In fact I would like nothingDirk Buchholzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07570132508341336729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-25059460106059632032009-04-24T09:25:00.000-04:002009-04-24T09:25:00.000-04:00Hey Dirk. Thanks for your comment. I hope what I s...Hey Dirk. Thanks for your comment. I hope what I said didn't come across as somehow opposed to or sitting in judgment of indigenous nationalisms...I'm certainly not.<br /><br />However, one interesting difference between the nationalisms advocated by Alfred (and, from what I've seen, some other contemporary radicals) and those advocated by Adams (and, again from what I've seen, some others of hisScott Neighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415106335668233754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-64898389803729759032009-04-24T04:20:00.000-04:002009-04-24T04:20:00.000-04:00Cnd Lefty wrote..."He argues very strongly for nat...Cnd Lefty wrote..."He argues very strongly for nationalism as a potentially positive force. He recognizes that there are harmful versions of nationalism, which can co-opt and remove colonized people from political struggle, but he argues that a radical nationalism infused with class politics is key to anti-colonial struggle in Canada"....<br /><br />For indigenous peoples/nations nationalism is Dirk Buchholzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07570132508341336729noreply@blogger.com