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Yes but Pinochet and his cronies were the structure in this case. He and others should be directly answerable for his actions to the rest of the world. Thanks for pointing out the aspects of corporate responsibilities though - my critical geography skills do need sharpened up, and I failed to see this. Rob > ---------- > From: Raju Das[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: 02 March 2000 13:49 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: RE: Pinochet, AGENCY AND STRUCTURE > > > > Rob (and others), > I agree. But there is more to the issue. > > Perhaps more people are killed not by AGENCY (by particular people > like Pinochet or others) but by the STRUCTURE itself (the structure > of relations of class exploitation). _Who_ is to blame? Pinochet's > action would be very 'small' as compared to the killings by the > structure. The so-called globalization, including structural > adjustment, capitalist exploitation and accumulation leading to low > wages and unemployment -- all these kill daily far too many than are > killed by the Pinochets. Why do the Pinochets do what they do? > > Of course, we can identify particular 'bearers' of structures in > particular instances. But are the bearers really to blame? What's > the point in saying the head of the state in the US or the UK or the > World Bank Chief or the Chief of a transnational company are > responsible for killings. There is a point but does it take far? > Putting the entire blame on individuals like Pinochet for what they > do is really missing a lot. I must have read about a hundred > articles on Pinochet from the Guardian in the last few months but no > one seems to raise the issue of the structure underlying the > Pinochet-type action. > > > Raju > Raju J Das > Department of Geography > University of Dundee > Dundee DD1 4HN > United Kingdom > Phone 01382 348073 work > 01382 738872 home > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%