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Well, the same could be said for the "glorification" of political struggle, too, couldn't it? :-) On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 9:53 AM, Paddy Hackett <paraichack...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Mark > > My point is political. In some ways, perhaps, my perspective is tangential > to that of Lenin's What Is To Be Done. > > The glorification of economic struggle is to incarcerate politics in the > capitalist cage. The struggle must break free from that cage by challenging > the latter. This means that economic struggle must be transcended. But this > does mean that economic struggle must be abandoned. > > Take Care > Paddy > > On 14 Oct 2016, at 14:34, Mark Lause <markala...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The essence of a class struggle perspective makes it rather difficult to > draw these kind of hard and fast lines. Yes, you can might that a > particular struggle is "economic" rather than "political" or vice versa. > What's important is that the participants and observers may all see it > shades. The challenge is to formulate a very fluid approach to anything > that involves numbers of people significant enough to create an interesting > dynamic. > > ML > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
