I have stumbled onto some long sought material in my files, i.e. my notes
from 1991 on debates on dialectics conducted under pseudonyms, featuring
William Warde (George Novack) and Marc Loris (Jean Van Heijenoort), with
interventions by John G. Wright, J. Weber, George Sanders, Irwin Hyper
6. Are teachers in the working class ? Do teachers create value ? Can
teachers be exploited ( and who will teach the teacher?) ? Same question
about office workers, clerks, secretaries, nurses, garbage pickup workers,
water plant workers, public lighting workers, et al
Reply
WL: No . . .
This development presents todays revolutionaries with a particular
opportunity. As the objective movement against private property and for
everything
from food to housing to health care broadens, it will encompass many different
interpretations and expressions. Today communism is the program
MODE OF PRODUCTION (Marx) : Everything that goes into the production of the
necessities of life, including the productive forces (labor, instruments, and
raw material) and the relations of production (the social structures that
regulate the relation between humans in the production of goods.
W.T. Harris, the most influential of the St. Louis Hegelians, is determined
to be the decisive influence on the organization of the Dewey Decimal
Classification system:
Hegel's Philosophy as Basis for the Dewey Classification Schedule by
Eugene E. Graziano
Waistline2
In Russia the social revolution was from agriculture to industry and no one
disputes this.
CB: I dispute this as the best way to describe it. What do you mean no one
disputes this ?
From agriculture to industry, means from _manufacture_ to industry in the
technologicial regime.
Waistline2
Once we agree that
human beings are the most revolutionary agent in human history and the
precondition for history, means of production need to be defined.
^
CB: Human beings are the _only_ revolutionary agent(s) in human history.
Human beings are the only agents in human
Ralph Dumain:
There's a treasure trove buried inside mountains of crap,
CB: No doubt true. Maybe we can even use some of the crap as fertilizer for
fruitful endeavor :), and then treasures of yore are surrounded by earthly
dirt.
Thanks for all these direct texts , Ralph ! I will be
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WL: I do not understand the concept mode of production to mean a set of
property
relations but rather, the specific shape of the productive forces and the
technological regime as primary, with the property relations within.
^
CB: Well, again this crystalizes our difference. I understand
UN Predicts 9.1 Billion People on Earth by 2050
By Evelyn Leopold
Reuters
Friday 25 February 2005
United Nations - The human race is expected to swell from the current 6.5
billion to 9.1 billion people by 2050, with populations exploding in hungry
developing countries
I had composed a post because I wanted to say how excellently well,
Ralph Dumain's letter of Jun 14 1996 reads. As fresh as new. But I
cannot confirm I sent it. Apologies.
Chris Burford
Dialectics of Nature
Ralph Dumain [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fri, 14 Jun 1996 20:34:44 -0700 (PDT)
Mode of production in material life
I follow the Marxism list and was pleasantly surprised to read the replies to
Charles inquiry. One author stated:
Specifically, he (Marx) argues it is the way in which surplus-labour is
extracted and appropriated that is the fulcrum of the social order. But
What a delightful article, Ralph! Thanks!
~ Steve
At 09:00 AM 2/25/2005 -0500, you wrote:
W.T. Harris, the most influential of the St. Louis Hegelians, is
determined to be the decisive influence on the organization of the Dewey
Decimal Classification system:
Hegel's Philosophy as Basis for
Yes, that would be an interesting discussion to read. Where does one get
SWP internal bulletins from the 1940's?
I notice, Ralph, the occasional disparaging remark about Engels and the one
below about Novack. I think I can make a case that while one may disagree
with their views, their
OK, here is one reference I owe. This is a page from the web site of Keith
Sawyer with lots of urls to papers he has written. His whole website is
interesting. His papers on emergence are relevant to our current
discussion on the topic. His paper entitled Emergence in Psychology:
Lessons
I'll be interested in seeing what Soviet philosophical literature you
have. I have tons of it myself, more in book than in journal form, though
I probably have articles buried somewhere too. I know someone who wants to
support a project to scan it all, but I don't know anyone who has the time
Glad I could be of service. It took a hell of detective work to unearth
it, and all night to edit it to some decent level of acceptability. I
think I discovered the article in 1980 in either a comprehensive Hegel
bibliography or a library science literature search. As far as I can
At 06:01 PM 2/25/2005 -0800, Steve Gabosch wrote:
Yes, that would be an interesting discussion to read. Where does one get
SWP internal bulletins from the 1940's?
In New York, the best place is Tamiment Library at NYU, where I did a great
deal of research in the '90s. Also Prometheus Research
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