Editing Schiller Institute (section)

== Differences between Infrared and Schiller == 

In terms of the underlying philosophical and cultural outlook, political strategy, and basic ideological orientation, Infrared is fundamentally different from the LaRouche movement.

In spite of the broad critique of the New Left, Infrared does not take a one-sided view in broadly condemning this historical event. It relates the emergence of the New Left to the rise of the information age, precipitating the [[Fourth Industrial Revolution]]. As such, there is a great deal to learn, according to Infrared, from the New Left — especially organizations like the Black Panthers. 

Rather than avoid the cultural turn all-together in favor of immediately returning back to the working class, Infrared views cultural mediation as an irreversible inevitability, and as such, draws heavily from [[Antonio Gramsci|Gramsci]] and his notion of the 'relative autonomy of the superstructure with regard to the base.' 

Additionally, one of the main theoretical focuses of Infrared is the question of the origin and essence of state power, civilization-states, and polarity. On these questions, there is a sharp divergence between Infrared and Schiller.

Infrared promotes the study of the meaning of the [[Dictatorship of the Proletariat]] in the contemporary age. LaRouche, for his part, was hostile to such a notion.

Infrared promotes a return to Hegelian thinking, whereas Schiller rejects the whole of German Idealism in favor of Leibniz.

There are various divergences also in the fundamental grasp of history between Infrared and Schiller, with Infrared pioneering a theory of '[[Mongol modernity]]' and the newfound significance of the 'Asiatic Mode of Production' — whereas LaRouche broadly held such civilizations in disdain.