-clip- Where, as in Russia and China, the outcome was not merely despotism but despotism of an extreme form (having nothing to do with what Marx and Engels meant by "the dictatorship of the proletariat"), the explanation, according to Marx, must be sought in the "superstition" and "prejudice", as opposed to the "enlightenment" and "judgment", of the great majority, a characteristic of their individuality deriving from the inconsistency of their social relations with those required for the development of "enlightenment" and "judgment".
Ted ^^^^^ CB: Do you think the self-estrangement, lack of enlightenment and judgment of those in Britain, Germany, France and the US had something to do with the outcome in Russia and China ? What about the fundamental role of proletarian _internationalism_ and internationalist consciousness in Marx and Engels' theory of revolution ? Isn't it important to note that a critical specific aspect of Marx's conceptions of enlightenment and judgment is working class and socialist consciousness, and internationalist consciousness ? _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
