Rod, what Marx wrote early on about nature was relatively utopian and naive. Only
after the US Civil war did he begin to look more deeply.
Rod Hay wrote:
> I would have to side with Lou here. Marx did write about the relations between
> society and nature throughout his career. Otherwise, it is impossible to discuss
> human labour. His life long interest in the works of Aristotle and Hegel indicate
> that.
>
> That is not the same as saying that "took the environment seriously."
>
> Rod Hay
>
> Michael Perelman wrote:
>
> > Louis not quite here. It was only with the onset of the Cotton Famine that
> > they began to take the environment seriously. I have written in my Marx book
> > that he took the environment more seriously than he let on because he feared
> > giving too much credence to the Malthusians.
> >
> > Louis Proyect wrote:
> >
> > > Marx and Engels wrote about the relationship between society and nature
> > > throughout their career.
> >
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