This is exactly on the mark imho
Steve
On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, Jim Devine wrote:
> I don't think Wallerstein ever claimed to be a Marxist, though he clearly
> learned from Marx & Marxists and Marxist can learn some from his research.
> (In this, he is very similar to Barrington Moore.)
>
> Originally, I'd say that Analytical Marxism was a kind of Marxism, one
> responding to dissatisfaction with both the "orthodox" Marxism of the 2nd &
> 3rd Internationals and Althusserian structuralist Marxism. But combining
> Marxist propositions with the narrow-minded method of orthodox mainstream
> social science was like mixing oil and water, so the two parted. I guess
> the exception would be people like Bob Brenner, who as an historian is
> always focused on the empirical world and so didn't get lost in mainstream
> social science. (Of course, I can't say I agree with everything he says).
>
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