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George Walford: New Readers Start Here (17)

July 16, 2012

Ideological Commentary announces itself as “an independent journal of systematic ideology,” but we do not claim final knowledge of this theory; the formulation that looked like the ultimate last month needs alteration now, and the account given here will be subject to continuous revision. The theory was created and largely developed by the late Harold… read more »

George Walford: New Readers Start Here (16)

July 16, 2012

Ideological Commentary announces itself as “an independent journal of systematic ideology.” We do not claim final knowledge of this theory ourselves; the formulation that looked like the ultimate last week needs alteration, now, and the account given here will be subject to continuous revision. The theory was created an largely developed by the late Harold… read more »

George Walford: Editorial Notes (15)

July 21, 2012

Ideological Commentary announces itself as “an independent journal of systematic ideology.” Its circulation and its influence are growing rapidly (there was one addition to the mailing list only this month and hardly any deletions) and new readers may find it helpful to have some general statement of what “systematic ideology” is all about. We do… read more »

George Walford: The Ideology of Logic

September 23, 2012

PART ONE It is seldom easy for the two parties to any serious discussion to speak directly to each other’s arguments, and when they are adherents of different major ideologies the difficulty is increased. They often find they are talking past each other; each feels the other is failing to meet his points and is… read more »

George Walford: Language, Yes, But Truth? And Logic?

July 31, 2012

A book which has hovered in the background of philosophical discussion for several decades is Ayer’s Language, Truth and Logic. According to the blurb on my Penguin copy it is “the original English manifesto of Logical Positivism. It remains the classic statement of this form of empiricist philosophy and still retains its interest after more… read more »

George Walford: Bits and Pieces

July 31, 2012

They laughed at Einstein, but he went right ahead and invented relatives. – – – In the paper recently issued, Dialectic of Demand, it is shown to be mainly in social affairs that paradox and dialectical contradiction are to be found. It seems the author of that paper was not the first to note this,… read more »

George Walford – Work in Progress: The SPGB (Part I)

August 2, 2012

Newcomers to systematic ideology are often surprised at the amount of attention paid to the Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB). One reason for it is that in this organisation we find fully developed, set out ready for our inspection, the tendencies (in the jargon of s.i. the “eidodynamic” tendencies) which characterise the Left. One… read more »

George Walford: Addition to News and Notes

August 5, 2012

MEMORIAL LECTURE FOR 1980. A circular was recently sent to Supporters asking for their reactions to the proposal that George Walford be invited to deliver the Annual Harold Walsby Memorial Lecture for 1980. All replies supported the proposal, except one. That one reply questioned the “cost-effectiveness” of these Lectures and suggested alternatives. The Walsby Society… read more »

Sheila Blanchard: Review of Ideologies and Their Functions

August 5, 2012

Systematic Ideology is a field of study originating in, and developing from, the work of the late Harold Walsby, whose book The Domain of Ideologies was published in 1947. Ideologies and their Functions describes the development of Walbsy’s theory, interest in which has been maintained by his friends and followers, and the relevance of that… read more »

John Rowan: Levels of Consciousness (Walsby, Wilber, Beck & Cowan, etc)

August 5, 2012

Harold Walsby (1947) was a proponent of the idea that we all live on some level of consciousness, which he called an ideology. This idea of levels already existed, of course, in the ideas of Piaget (1977), Maslow (1987) and others. Walsby’s main contribution was to see these levels as essentially political. His other great… read more »