Louis Proyect writes: > Brenner adopted Dobb's basic thesis but dropped the part about > colonialism. > CB: > When we debate this here, some of us put Dobb's colonialism part > back in. In fact, in the debate here, the main issue is that Brenner > doesn't give colonialism the weight that Marx gives it in _Capital_ in > his discussion of the origin of capitalism.
this is one reason to avoid focusing on personalities. We can learn from Brenner _and_ dependency theory rather than setting them up in a battle against each other and then choosing sides (complete with cheerleaders, etc.) -- Jim Devine / "Nobody told me there'd be days like these / Strange days indeed -- most peculiar, mama." -- JL. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
