>Meanwhile, Lou: can we not distinguish Marx from Marxism here (as Marx did)
>and acknowledge at least the potential compatibility of Kovel and Foster's
>positions, given that Foster is interpreting Marx, as opposed to Marxism,
>which, by your reading, is the object of Kovel's criticism?
>
>Michael K.
I am very strongly aligned with John on these questions. I view the
re-integration of scientific materialism and historical materialism as key
to developing an ecosocialist movement. This is in the spirit of Marx's
original enterprise, which was closely linked in spirit to the work of
Darwin and Wallace. As far as "Marx" versus "Marxism" is concerned, Kovel
specifically states that the absence of spirituality is in his writings,
not the movement that was launched on account of his writings. I haven't
talked to Joel in a long time, but might run into him this weekend up at
Bard College, where he teaches and where I am destined for a 35th
anniversary reunion. Everybody else from the class of '65 settled down
immediately after graduating, while I spent 35 years building up an FBI
dossier. Oh well.
Louis Proyect
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