I've addressed the Somerville question elsewhere. I always assumed he was
Cp, judging by the company he kept. But I don't think so; that's why I
referred to him as a fellow traveller.
I've not visited CSH in Berkeley, which is based on Hal Draper's work, but
I would assume it is comprehensive
I see John Somerville wrote a number of books on Marxism. I don't think
Novack ever mentioned him, and I do not remember ever hearing of him
elsewhere or running across his work. A superficial scan of the article on
line didn't impress me as contributing to any particular ongoing debate
withi
"The Philosophy of Marxism: An Exposition" is the book I had in mind. It
is often used as a standard textbook. What a piece of crap! But rather
typical, esp. of the books that muck around with dialectical logic. (The
later Soviet textbooks became a bit shrewder, pretty much avoiding the
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On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 16:29:25 -0800 Steve Gabosch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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He was an American philosopher who wrote studies of
Soviet philo
At 02:42 AM 2/26/2005 -0500, you wrote:
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Yes, that would be an interesting discussion to read. Where does one get
SWP internal bulletins from the 1940's?
In New York, the best place is Tamiment Library at NYU, where I did a
great deal of research