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Actually, Thomas wasn't much of an apologist for feudal society. Son of a noble family, he displeased them by joining an urban movement that renounced family and property, the pillars of the feudal system. His group was excluded from the universities but forced their way in, over the objections of the real "apologists for feudalist society." Contemporary Thomists, speaking of the popular (and essentially pagan) image of deity, paraphrase Bakunin. On 8/13/10 10:39 PM, Tom Cod wrote: > How about this one from Bakunin's "God and the State": > > "If God actually existed, it would be necessary to abolish him" which > amplifies God as an idol: of class society, an idea as I recall that Marx > touched on. > > http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/bakunin/works/godstate/index.htm > > My copy of this work has as its epigram, Herzen's evaluation of Bakunin: > "this man was not born under any ordinary star, but a comet" > > and then Aquinas obviously was an apologist for feudalist society run by > land Lords; I mean when was it ever said "Jesus is Serf"? ________________________________________________ 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
