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+Fixation on particular identities prevents coalition building needed to fight capitalism. Dean ‘05 |
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+Dean, Teaches Political Theory @ Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 2005 Jodi, Žižek’s Politics, p.115-9 |
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+Unlike most critical thinkers identified with the Left, Žižek rejects the current emphasis on multicultural tolerance. He has three primary reasons for rejecting multiculturalism as it is currently understood in cultural studies and democratic theory. First, agreeing with Wendy Brown, he argues that multiculturalism today rests on an acceptance of AND prevents the universalization of particular demands. |
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+Class focus must come first – it is the root cause of all oppression. Kovel 07, |
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+Kovel, Prof. of Social Studies @ Bard, 2007 Joel, “The Enemy of Nature”, p. 140- |
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+If, however, we ask the question of efficacy, that is, which split sets the others into motion, then priority would have to be given to class, for the plain reason that |
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+as well as profoundly affecting the concrete relations of class itself. It follows that class politics must be fought out in terms of all the active forms of social splitting. |
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+Rejecting capitalism is the first step—a refusal to believe in the system can topple empires. Monbiot 04, |
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+Monbiot, 04 (George Monbiot, Professor of Philosophy at Bristol and Professor of Politics at Keele. Author, columnist, and political activist. “Manifesto for a New World Order.” p. 249) |
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+It costs nothing to agree that something should be done |
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+ because they have had to struggle against the unbelief of their people, to reassert, through a supreme psychological effort, the validity of their power. |