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I'm criticizing the presentation of the review which you present, and uncritically, as an honest assessment of an honest book. Comparative approach can be done on a materialist basis, with actual historical analysis of the material relations of classes, and it can be done on an ideological basis without, and in opposition to, actual analysis of the class struggle that makes up real history. The reviewer of Losurdo's book takes the ideological approach. Your posting the review of Losurdo's book contains more than just the attempt to inform list members. It includes an endorsement of the review. As I said this is the same old, same old we get every time the history of the USSR, and the legacy of the official CP's comes up. There is 1000 times more information, more materialist information in certain books by certain established academics-- see for example The Economic Development of the USSR by Roger Munting, St. Martin's Press, 1982-- than in these ideological defenses. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dogan Gocmen" <dgn.g...@googlemail.com> ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
