Re: [Marxism] Forward from Rosa Lichtenstein on Analytic Marxism

2009-08-14 Thread Jim Farmelant
Rosa sent me the following response: I am sorry to say that but I guess she does not know what dialectic is about. In which case, I'm in good company, since no one knows what it 'is about' -- or if they do, they have kept that secret well hidden for 200 years. Thanks Rosa!

[Marxism] Forward from Rosa Lichtenstein on Analytic Marxism

2009-08-13 Thread Jim Farmelant
In response to this: http://www.marxmail.org/msg66028.html It is worth adding that Donald Davidson was a socialist, too, as were Gilbert Ryle and John Austin. Wittgenstein himself declared he was a 'communist at heart', wanted to move to Russia (since he was in agreement with the gains made

Re: [Marxism] Forward from Rosa Lichtenstein on Analytic Marxism

2009-08-13 Thread Dogan Gocmen
Jim, do you think it is worth to think about this: If anything, it's dialecticians who are the conservatives, since they are quite happy to ape the dogmatic and a priori thought-forms of traditional philosophy. I am sorry to say tha but I guess she does not know what dialectic is about. ---

Re: [Marxism] Forward from Rosa Lichtenstein on Analytic Marxism

2009-08-13 Thread Jim Farmelant
On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:45:17 +0300 Dogan Gocmen dgn.g...@googlemail.com writes: Jim, do you think it is worth to think about this: If anything, it's dialecticians who are the conservatives, since they are quite happy to ape the dogmatic and a priori thought-forms of traditional

Re: [Marxism] Forward from Rosa Lichtenstein on Analytic Marxism

2009-08-13 Thread Shane Mage
On Aug 13, 2009, at 8:27 PM, Jim Farmelant wrote: In response to this: http://www.marxmail.org/msg66028.html It is worth adding that Donald Davidson was a socialist, too, as were Gilbert Ryle and John Austin. So were Pigou and Marshall. J.S. Mill and F. von Menger were communists.