Probably misdated. 1890 is the year of its publication. See the Matxist Internet Archive.
On Mon, Aug 10, 2020, 10:52 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > The author says; > Our contemporary Marxists are not as embarrassed by Marx’s racism and > anti-Semitism as they should be — or, indeed, even as embarrassed as some > of Marx’s contemporaries were. In an 1890 letter, Friedrich Engels > chastised his collaborator for his obsessive Jew-hatred, reminding him that > “anti-Semitism betokens a retarded culture, which is why it is found only > in Prussia and Austria, and in Russia too. Anyone dabbling in > anti-Semitism, either in England or in America, would simply be ridiculed.” > > Is the 1890 a typo, or worse. Engels could not have written a letter to > Marx in 1890, as Marx died in 1883. > > ken h > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#277): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/277 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/76114853/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES<br />#1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message.<br />#2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived.<br />#3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
