tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post116550071493723911..comments2024-02-21T05:16:22.788-05:00Comments on Two Weeks Notice: A Latin American Politics Blog: Neo-leftist?Greg Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-1165604341934961342006-12-08T13:59:00.000-05:002006-12-08T13:59:00.000-05:00I agree. It might just muddy the water more than ...I agree. It might just muddy the water more than necessary.Greg Weekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-1165545253653353332006-12-07T21:34:00.000-05:002006-12-07T21:34:00.000-05:00And thanks for participating in the discussion. I...And thanks for participating in the discussion. I really do appreciate it. <BR/><BR/>As I mentioned over there, I used "neo" simply to mean "the contemporary brand of...". That's probably not correct on many academic levels. However, it is interesting that the prefix neo does seem to simply mean "contemporary" in many definitions.<BR/><BR/>It takes some hubris to imply that the current version is the "neo" version as if the present is constantly the tipping point between past and future.<BR/><BR/>I've been convinced to just go back to "populist" in my next draft. Arguing the definition of "populism" is hard enough without having to argue whether it's some new version of it.bozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13233148632004720002noreply@blogger.com