Actually think it would be better for other list members to identify the issues at the heart of the dispute and weigh in if they care to.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Perelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 12:30 AM Subject: Re: [PEN-L] What Marx meant by primitive accumulation > Both David and Lou are getting a bit hot under the collar. Both > seem to agree that both internal and external forces were part of the > transition to capitalism. So what if Brenner and Wood downplay them? > > What is the issue here? > > On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 12:13:35AM -0400, Louis Proyect wrote: > > > > No, the slave trade, etc. did not create the capitalist system. The > > capitalist system grew out of changes taking place internally in Great > > Britain and other European countries and externally (slave trade, East > > India, etc.) It is Wood's "contribution" to Marxism to treat the > > external elements as incidental, and Brenner's to ignore them entirely. > > This is Eurocentrism plain and simple. > > -- > Michael Perelman > Economics Department > California State University > Chico, CA 95929 > > Tel. 530-898-5321 > E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu > michaelperelman.wordpress.com >
