Peace between Trotskyism and Maoism: Non-Maoism and Double Superposition
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25180/lj.v19i2.95Keywords:
François Laruelle, J. Moufawad-Paul, Non-Philosophy, Maoism, Trotskyism, MarxismAbstract
Non-Philosophy is a rigorous practice that can have useful applications for academic researchers and political activists alike. Utilizing its methods and frameworks, it is possible to bring Peace into the endless War of sectarian tendencies in which "the Left" is mired. In the following paper, we apply the technique of Non-Philosophy to Josh Moufawad-Paul's pamphlet "Maoism or Trotskyism," taking it as an instance of occasional material to be transformed. An important aspect of this analysis is a syntactical deployment of Non-Philosophy not always found in non-philosophical texts: here our dualysis proceeds by double (and not only single) superposition. We effectuate two non-philosophical clones, using the first in order to recursively effectuate a second. First, we transform Trotskyism by isolating its philosophical and auto-positional structure, then we use this radicalized Trotskyism in order to transform Moufawad-Paul's Maoist polemic. The result is a radicalized Maoism-Trotskyism opening the way towards a productive and integrative Peace between Trotskyism and Maoism.
Downloads
References
Klein, Adam Louis. "Outline of Non-Maoism." 2017. Web. <http://www.adamlouisklein.com/ thought/2017/10/29/outline-of-non-maoism>.
Downing, Gerry. "In Defense of Revolutionary Socialism, i.e. Trotskyism." Socialist Fight, 29 Aug. 2016. Web. <http://www.socialistfight.com/2016/08/26/in-defence-of-revolutionary-socialism-i-e-trotskyism>.
Goldner, Loren. "Notes Towards A Critique of Maoism," Insurgent Notes: Journal of Communist Theory and Practice, Oct.15, 2012. Web. <http://www.insurgentnotes.com/2012/10/notes-towards-a-critique-of-maoism>.
Marx, Karl. Capital Vol. 1. London: Penguin Books, 1986.
Moufawad-Paul, Josh. Continuity and Rupture: Philosophy in the Maoist Terrain. Croydon: Ze-ro Books, 2016.
Mullarkey, John, and Anthony Paul Smith. Laruelle and Non-Philosophy. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2012.
Laruelle, François. "Non-Philosophy, Weapon of Last Defense: An Interview with François Laruelle," in Smith, Anthony Paul, and John Mullarkey (eds.). Laruelle and Non-Philosophy. Edin-burgh, UK: Edinburgh University Press, 2012a. 238-251.
Laruelle, François, and Drew Burk. Photo-Fiction, A Non-Standard Aesthetics. Minneapolis: 2012b.
Revolutionary Internationalist Movement [RIM]. "Long Live Marxism-Leninism-Maoism!", BannedThought.net: Struggling Against the Suppression of Ideas, 26 December 1993. Web. <http://www.bannedthought.net/International/RIM/AWTW/1995-20/ll_mlm_20_eng.htm>
Trotsky, Leon. The Permanent Revolution. 1931. Scotts Valley: CreateSpace Independent Publi-shing Platform, 2014.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2017 Adam Louis Klein
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
After acceptation of the paper, the author has to sign a Copyright Transfer Agreement granting to Labyrinth and Axia Academic Publishers the exclusive copyrights for the online and printed editions, and to deal with reprint requests from third parties. On special occasions, articles and studies published in Labyrinth may be republished in textbooks or collective works of Axia Academic Publishers as well as translated and published in other languages. By submitting a paper to Labyrinth, you implicitely agree with these conditions.
