[Marxism-Thaxis] O, Dialectics! :Bakhurst

2005-06-27 Thread Charles Brown
Victor: I'm not sure of it either. However, it appears to me that we can distinguish social labour, direct cooperation, from characteristically human labour, that is social labour that is special since it involves the production and use of tools for realization of material social goals.

[Marxism-Thaxis] O, Dialectics! :BakhurstVictor

2005-06-27 Thread Charles Brown
Victor CB: Here we see why the transgenerational transmission of how to make and use tools is the key type of social connection defining humans. There are studies showing that chimps , on their own , int the wild, make and use tools, such as sticks to dig in ant hills. But