Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Guy Robinson essay

2010-04-14 Thread Ralph Dumain
If you actually look at the Magee book, you will see his claims go far beyond citing Hegel as an idealist. For him, Hegel is a magus, which is good news for some, bad news for others, and a load of crap for me. Now on to Guy Robinson: Making Materialism Historical By Guy Robinson

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Guy Robinson essay

2010-04-14 Thread c b
On 4/14/10, Ralph Dumain rdum...@autodidactproject.org wrote: If you actually look at the Magee book, you will see his claims go far beyond citing Hegel as an idealist. For him, Hegel is a magus, which is good news for some, bad news for others, and a load of crap for me. CB: Sure. A

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Guy Robinson essay

2010-04-14 Thread Ralph Dumain
Essay 2 is a mixed bag: http://anti-dialectics.co.uk/Robinson_Essay_Two_Introduction.htm Some of this is on the right track--plowing familiar ground--and some intellectually messed up. http://anti-dialectics.co.uk/Robinson_Essay_Three_The_Concept_Of_Nature.htmEssay Three: The Concept of

[Marxism-Thaxis] Guy Robinson: Philosophy and Mystification (3)

2010-04-14 Thread Ralph Dumain
'I think, therefore I am,' said Descartes, and the world rejoiced at the perspective of the expansion of individual personality and human powers through the liberation of the intellect. -- Facing Reality, by C.L.R. James, Grace C. Lee, Pierre Chaulieu [pseudonym of Cornelius Castoriadis]

[Marxism-Thaxis] Communitarianism

2010-04-14 Thread c b
Communitarianism Communitarianism, as a group of related but distinct philosophies, began in the late 20th century, opposing individualism. Not necessarily hostile to social liberalism or even social democracy, communitarianism emphasizes the need to balance individual rights and interests with

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Guy Robinson: Philosophy and Mystification (3)

2010-04-14 Thread c b
On 4/14/10, Ralph Dumain rdum...@autodidactproject.org wrote: . . . Robinson's big obsession is that philosophers allegedly neglected practices as the basis of mathematical concepts. ^^^ CB: This sounds like Engels , who specifically argues that mathematics derives from practice. ^ For

[Marxism-Thaxis] Praxis interpreters of Marxism

2010-04-14 Thread c b
Advanced Search Praxis interpreters of Marxism Results 1 - 10 of about 58,600 for Praxis interpreters of Marxism. (0.33 seconds) Search ResultsMarx's ontology of the praxis-relations of social productionby W Yu - 2009 - Related articles Orthodox interpreters have distorted Marx's philosophy

[Marxism-Thaxis] Praxis interpreters of Marxism

2010-04-14 Thread c b
Ralph Dumain: Autodidact Project: David-Hillel Ruben on ...Jan 11, 2008 ... I will look at three of Marx's interpreters, Georg Lukacs, Marxism is literally the study of praxis, because praxis is its object. ... www.autodidactproject.org/other/ruben-dh-1.html - Cached David-Hillel Ruben on

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Marxs Lucretian Project / Thomas R Laehn Cecil L Eubanks

2010-04-14 Thread c b
Yeah I almost sent this to the list CB On 4/14/10, Ralph Dumain rdum...@autodidactproject.org wrote:

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Marxs Lucretian Project / Thomas R Laehn Cecil L Eubanks

2010-04-14 Thread c b
as well as to the efforts of many later scholars to disassociate Marxism from inquiries into physical nature in order to protect Marx’s teachings from the charge of vulgar materialism. ^ CB: I wonder if those who charge Marx with vulgar materialism have some other materialism that is

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Praxis interpreters of Marxism

2010-04-14 Thread c b
It's not necessary to develop the concept of praxis ? On 4/14/10, Ralph Dumain rdum...@autodidactproject.org wrote: Here is where I would agree with Hillel-Rubin as against Robinson, Dunayevskaya, and many others. Trying to play off Marx's advocacy of naturalism as a transcendence of both

[Marxism-Thaxis] The purpose of knowledge: pragmatism and the praxis of marxist criminology

2010-04-14 Thread c b
Here's an interesting one. I wonder if it discusses the Absolute General Law of Capitalist Accumulation, the lumpen proletariat/dangerous class and all that. Charles The purpose of knowledge: pragmatism and the praxis of marxist criminology Journal Crime, Law and Social Change Publisher Springer

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Praxis interpreters of Marxism

2010-04-14 Thread c b
On 4/14/10, Ralph Dumain rdum...@autodidactproject.org wrote: Syntactic ambiguity or ineptitude on my part. I meant: . . . nor is attempting to deny Marx's materialism necessary in order to develop the concept of praxis. ^^^ CB: Yes. Do you derive praxis from Marx's phrase

[Marxism-Thaxis] translation into English of the German edition of _Capital_ I

2010-04-14 Thread c b
Here's some of the translation into English of the German edition of _Capital_ I CB ^^ http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/commodity.htm Marx 1867 (Capital) The Commodity This is an English

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Praxis interpreters of Marxism

2010-04-14 Thread Ralph Dumain
I'm in a rush right now, but the main inspirations for my perspective come from: http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1843/critique-hpr/intro.htmIntroduction to A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right, in Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher, February, 1844. Thesis 3

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Wolves were the first communists, or why canines taught hominids how to be social

2010-04-14 Thread CeJ
I wrote:However, as the canine research and speculation gets at: apes are pretty much socially selfish and have no extended social sense. Moreover, their grasp of meaningful gesture is less than canines. This could be a weakness in the argument if it could be shown that great apes do organize

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Wolves were the first communists, or why canines taught hominids how to be social

2010-04-14 Thread CeJ
A couple more things about wolves, coyotes and dingoes. The wolf pack in the wild tends to be an extended family group, but it is also important to remember it is across several generations. Second, a new pack of any of these species is formed between unrelated animals, most usually a male and