Thanks much, Steve,for the encouragment. I will take you up on it. I , actually, have written out some closely related ideas which critique these early sections of _The German Ideology_ ( which , of course, was not published as it was a bit of thinking out loud for themselves by the young Marx and Engels, so they recognized that it might contain speculative errors in some ways) ... in an essay "For Women's Liberation". I'll look for an electronic copy and forward it here.
Charles Steve Gabosch Thanks for your response, it was a very good one. Charles, I think you have the makings of a coherent Marxist essay on these questions you raise. It seems you already have the ingredients at hand for such a study. For my part, I see the point you stress about the centrality of the intergenerational transmission of culture not as counterposed, but as complementary to the theorizing Marx and Engels did about human production and the social origins of humanity. I think they would heartily agree with you that the key is SOCIAL labor - (is there evidence to the contrary?) - and would welcome your bringing to bear some of the relevant wealth of new scientific knowledge from the social and life sciences that has emerged since their time - knowledge that has greatly increased our understanding of what humans have really done with nature, with one another, and just what it means to be and act human. Well-written and researched Marxist articles on these kinds of questions are always needed. Why not give it a go? Its a very important topic, and I think you are asking some really good questions. - Steve <end> _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
