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To: tekboy who wrote (16659)	1/17/2002 11:10:20 AM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 281500

you might be interested in her second book as well, then, which is currently in progress. Definitely. Great argument. I read the overview and am printing out the chapter outlines. The Polanyi book was one of the eye opening moments of my graduate education. I'm glad to see she's using it in this prominent a mode. Her paradigmatic sequencing of the opening up of politics looks more than a little like Thomas Kuhns' sequences in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. I particularly like the argument in which politics and economics are juxtaposed. It opens up the notion of a large set of options on the politics side, only one of which is some form of "socialism", but all of which have to do with some form of working with Michael Walzer's notions of the Spheres of Justice. No doubt she knows Theda Skocpol with the Harvard connection and the close proximity of interests. We invited her out in the late 70s when her early work was just getting noticed. I've kept up with it since, to some degree. Just skimmed the book she put together with a friend of mine, Stan Greenberg. Keep meaning to look at it a bit more closely. Finally, great looking kid and cats (I'm reading Marge Piercy's new memoir Sleeping with Cats right now--all obvious cat lovers would love it--highly recommended for late night reading). John

To: tekboy who wrote (16659)	1/18/2002 3:39:47 AM
From: SirRealist	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Thx for the Berman link, TB. Read her summary intro and like what it said. However... It's an unfortunate pre-requisite of academe to use lofty obscure words that doom her work to a very narrow readership. I wish this were not so, because from the intro, I can tell she's got some very important things to say that might prove more useful to many who can understand the concepts but shrink from ten-dollar words. Guess I'll be reading her book, and the dictionary.