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Thanks!!! Dave and Einde, can someone put it on the Crossroads page? On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 5:51 PM, Jim Farmelant via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > > > Here is Hessen's paper. > > > http://webfiles.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/rereadingClassics/Hessen.pdf/V1_Hessen.pdf > > > > Jim Farmelant > http://independent.academia.edu/JimFarmelant > http://www.foxymath.com > Learn or Review Basic Math > > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Andrew Pollack via Marxism <marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> > Subject: Re: [Marxism] Interest in Bukharin's writing > Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 16:05:32 -0500 > > > Bukharin's English-language archive is here: > http://marxists.org/archive/bukharin/library.htm > > Most of "Science at the Crossroads" is here: > http://www.marxists.org/subject/science/ > I say most because it doesn't include Hessen's landmark study, which really > must be rectified!!! > > Anyway if your collective study of Bukharin yields new items to be posted > that would be great (even though I'm a vehemently anti-Bukharin > Trotskyist). > > > On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 3:34 PM, jasmine via Marxism < > marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > > > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > > ***************************************************************** > > > > I am currently taking notes on Bukharin's interesting, 1930s work: > Science > > at the Crossroads. This was Bukharin's presentation, with the other > > delegates from the USSR, on Science; the document was presented to the > > International Congress of the History of Science and Technology. > > > > The above mentioned title does take some time and effort to unravel and > > penetrate esp., considering the historical developments that have taken > > place in science since the 1930s. Lenin lauded Bukharin as a > theoreticians > > of excellence, not without reason. > > > > To this day the talents of Bukharin are not acknowledged, nor fully > > realised, neither have they been fully understood. > > > > Bukharin's Marxism does critique -the absolutist and Bonapartist aspects > > of Stalinism. Though Bukharin's strong expression is subte and oft not > > worth the trouble -to the general reader. > > > > One is bound to consider the context when reading any of Bukharin's > > writing. His ideas are subtly spun in a context (the post-civil war, > > consolidation of Stalinism, Totskyism, the rising of Fascism and a > > depressed global Capitalism of that time). Many would contend that these > > factors are similar to our own i.e., considering the similarity with our > > current historical condition. > > > > Any reading has a backdrop of Bukharin's fall, His notorious show trial, > > the historical distortions put this promising Marxist, either as an enemy > > of the Socialism, painted as an inconsequential Stalinist. > > > > However a basic reading always traps the reader, as such an approach > > obscures Bukharin's unique and original Marxist position. He is obscured > in > > the conventions and distorted reproductions of the central committee and > > others enemies; all with a particular general line. > > > > A more serious study is needed i.e., towards relooking at this figure; > > such a study would bring much new thoughts on many new topics. I find > > Bukharin's angle on theory and practice offers up a critique on each and > > every hegemon (evident in Gramsci's work) and hence Stalinism. > > > > The works of Bukharin need to be expanded upon to clarify his teachings > > within the limits caused by the consolidation and cementing of a new type > > of absolutism (Stalinism). > > > > All of Bukharin's work have a distinct identity, esp., within the Marxist > > corpus; the works do provide a lot of depth, an analysis with a wonderful > > emphasis on the validity of sociology, the Historico-materialist slant. > > With some effort the text even breaks out and clearly critiques its > > stultified Stalinist (the general line of a quasi police state). > > > > However Science at the Crossroads, like Frederick Engel's Dialectics of > > Nature, takes time to reinterpret; both where written in different > > historical conditions i.e., before many of today's scientific concepts > came > > about. Despite this the underlying framework holds ground and can be > built > > upon. > > > > There is a essential Marxist kernel that remain, forever i.e., for as > long > > a particular (hegemonic) scientific interest poses and is claimed as an > > absolute form (cloaked in whatever fancy dress). > > > > Science is held up (o be linked to the production process, thereby the > > claim of discoveries as private property i.e., and the reader can > consider > > various interests (prison, military industrial complex &c.) > > > > The work can be a tool to look upon the current condition of Science. It > > takes time to work through; and esp., to see the work as a Marxist > critique > > of Stalin's bureaucratic state. > > > > The figure of Bukharin is blurred, as was Marxism; he has become a > > historical distortion. But his works have an interesting Marxist > > orientation, they give readers a means to materialise and touch and > > realize the potential in Bukharin's ideas, which made this friendly man > to > > be such a threat. > > > > My interest in his work has led me to try to get hold of a digital > version > > of any of his Prison writings esp., How it all Began, and Philosophical > > Arabesques. > > > > I would also like to make contact with any comrades that are interested > in > > re-establishing, relooking and sharing thoughts on the writings of > comrade > > Bukharin. > > > > ... > > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device > > > > _ > ____________________________________________________________ > What's your flood risk? > Find flood maps, interactive tools, FAQs, and agents in your area. > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/54bae794335bb67923396st04vuc > > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: > http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/acpollack2%40gmail.com > _________________________________________________________ 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
