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> 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

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. Bu

[Marxism-Thaxis] O, Dialectics! :Bakhurst

Hello Victor , Comments below 1. We tend to exaggerate the importance of linguistic communication or at least the importance of developed language in linguistic communication.[Noam Chomsky is the paragon of this. He's so impressed by the size and complexity of the syntactic analytical system he

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[Marxism-Thaxis] Oil: Caveat empty

Victor victor CB, You liked that. Now, try correlating it with the recent announcement that a plant for experimenting with commercialized production of fusion induced power will be built in France. This is from: http://www.theregister.com/2005/06/29/france_fusion_win/ France wins billion dollar

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[Marxism-Thaxis] George Resich's *How the Cold War

RE: CeJ jannuzi CB writes: >>I read the Piaget article. The argument was very good. But then in the below, the example of the mathematician as a child counting the pebbles seems to me Piaget falls into a problem. An _individual_ child posed as if she _rediscovers_ the process by which counting w

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[Marxism-Thaxis] George Resich's *How the Cold WarCeJ

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[Marxism-Thaxis] Charles, Electric-chair for little or no-cost

I just got some spam with the above heading. Are people starting their own state powers ? ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-

[Marxism-Thaxis] George Resich's *How the Cold War

Re: CeJ jannuzi : > CB: Maybe, but what about the Robinsonade in Piaget's early comment ? Or are > you saying it is not a Robinsonade ? Charles, two points that we might continue discussing. 1. I'm not clear on the Robinsonade and Piaget. ^^^ CB: No problem. I see a Marx type Robinsonade in t

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[Marxism-Thaxis] George Resich's *How the Cold War

jannuzi A few follow-ups for C. Brown and A. Mani 1. Mostly for C. Brown. I understand the term Robisonade better now. However, isn't it a problem that ALL psychology would be guilty of this, including developmental psychology. ^ CB: In a sense. A little wh

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Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Two-thirds of world's resources 'used up'

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[Marxism-Thaxis] On Postone

Paddy Hackett Hi Charles I read with interest the piece you presented us with by Loren. An interesting piece. Do you know what Postone's politics are? Paddy Hackett ^ Hello Paddy, I don't know Postone's politics. Will look around the net. Charles

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Worst Mistake

Below is an interesting article that can form the subject for discussion. Paddy The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race WORLD FOOD ISSUES: PAST AND PRESENT Jared Diamond on Agriculture ^^ CB: From a Marxist perspective, the origin of agriculture - domestication

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Worst Mistake

Paddy Hackett The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race ^^ CB: From a Marxist perspective, the origin of agriculture - domestication of plants and animals - was the basis for producing surpluses, which in turnsupported non-productive classes that evolved into exploitative classes.

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Worst Mistake

Paddy Hackett: Very interesting Charles. But where does that leave us? What is to be the politics --some form of animal rights or liberation movement? CB: I'd say the politics are to be Marxism. With a worldwide communist revolution, we can abolish and dispose of nukes, end war, etc. We m

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Worst Mistake

Paddy Hackett Paddy: This just gets to the heart of the matter: We should consider ourselves as the axis of development. We must look out for ourselves. But the above perspective is just a point of view --a subjectively conscious evaluation. ^^^ CB: Yes it i

[Marxism-Thaxis] The Worst Mistake

ng: Reason and Value in Social Evolution* Charles Brown marxism- Jim, I read this paper when you posted it on Marxmail. Thank you again. I think the answer to Carling's question in the following passage is , in part, that language, symbolic behavior, what cultural anthropologist generalize to

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[Marxism-Thaxis] The Worst Mistake

Paddy Hackett Hi Charles Below is a rather hastily written reply to you last contribution. Sorry for the delay I have been otherwise engaged. ^^^ CB: No problem ^^^ Expressing a point of view is not the definition of idealism. To have posited language as opposed to point of view would have pr

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[Marxism-Thaxis] Gould

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[Marxism-Thaxis] The Worst Mistake

Paddy Hackett Hi Charles Your last reply would suggest that you now share my view concerning the nature of humans. This view is that they form a constituent part of nature just as much as elephants, crows and chimps. This means that homo sapiens adds nothing qualitatively different to reality

[Marxism-Thaxis] Marxism & the posthumous attack on Margaret Mead

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[Marxism-Thaxis] Cornforth request

and thought-provoking book that explores Marx's moral standpoint, determinism, individual needs and rights, morality and the arts, and ethics in our "new world." ISBN 0-7178-0740-1 $7.50 At 09:51 AM 8/15/2005 -0400, Charles Brown wrote: >Ralph Dumain > >There's a

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[Marxism-Thaxis] In Defense of Philosophy

_In Defense of Philosophy_ is Cornforth's polemic on positivism. I have a hardback copy. CB ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxi

[Marxism-Thaxis] In Defense of Philosophy

Ralph Dumain Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this particular work by Cornforth was later incorporated into his SCIENCE AGAINST IDEALISM. ^^^ CB: I don't know ^ I'm still trying to process the fact that this person apparently trained in some sophisticated philosophy could descend to

[Marxism-Thaxis] In Defense of Philosophy

Ralph Dumain : Just one point of clarification: the gentleman who needs the Cornforth book doesn't think it's shit, I do. My own opinion is that what matters in Cornforth are his critiques of various philosophies--Popper, pragmatism, positivism, Wittgenstein, etc. This fellow also needs Cornfor

[Marxism-Thaxis] In Defense of Philosophy

Ralph Dumain : All this info is fascinating indeed. In the final analysis, what are your or Jim arguing? Surely you're not judging the value of the Unity of Science movement by the politics of their adherents, are you? Shouldn't the merits or rottenness of people's philosophies stand on their

[Marxism-Thaxis] In Defense of Philosophy

n), >are worthless. My point exactly. But try arguing that with Charles Brown. Richard Norman tried it with Sean Sayers, but Sayers didn't get it. Norman defended Engels as a non-reductive materialist, but wouldn't have any of these sloppy seconds of dialectical logic. ^ CB:

[Marxism-Thaxis] In Defense of Philosophy

Jim Farmelant : Keep in mind, that Ralph doesn't necessarily think that the Trots or the Maoists have done much better either. CB: Maybe we can get some unity among Stalinists, Trots and Maoists versus Ralph's position. ^ I think that the problem was that Stalin basically froze philos

[Marxism-Thaxis] In Defense of Philosophy

Jim Farmelant: I am not sure that Ralph does that. But he does find many of the textbooks that were used in the Soviet bloc and the ways that they taught philosophy there to be quite objectionable. One thing that I have noticed concerning people who lived in the former Soviet Union or in eastern

[Marxism-Thaxis] In Defense of Philosophy

Waistline2 ^ The communist revolution is qualitatively different than all past revolutions in class oppressive society in that it is the revolution that negates class society altogether. Antagonistic classes themselves are negated, not just the capitalist ruling class. All ruling classes are

[Marxism-Thaxis] In Defense of Philosophy

andie nachgeborenen Charles, I think you do not have to be a Stalinist, Trotkyist, or Maoist to differ with the position you attribute to Ralph. Or eveb, necessaryy, a Marxist. I say "attribute to" because I don't think Ralph believes that philosophy should (is is be insulated from politics in t

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[Marxism-Thaxis] Camp Casey Detroit Blog

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[Marxism-Thaxis] U.S. relations of production acting as fetter on produc

Waistline: Infrastructure, in the context of my reply to the concept of the productive forces, and in contradistinction to superstructure, serves as that upon with the complex of components that constitutes the productive forces - and its technological regime, are held together as a systematic re

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This is a forward from PEN-L CB ^ * To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Subject: Paul Craig Roberts sees Marxism revival * From: Carl Remick <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > * Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 11:40:56 + _

[Marxism-Thaxis] Paul Craig Roberts sees Marxism revivalVictor

against his ideological "interest" ? Charles ----- Original Message - From: "Charles Brown" http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis> > To: "'Forum for the discussion of theoretical issues raised by Karl Marx andthe thinkers he inspired

[Marxism-Thaxis] U.S. relations of production acting as fetter on production

Waistline2 Pardon, my misquoting your definition of an epoch. CB: No problem ^^^ An epoch in the Marxist standpoint is a historical period of time distinguished in its geenral framework on the basis of the mode of production, rather than by "more than one generation." In my estimate

[Marxism-Thaxis] relations of production as fetter on product... correction

Waistline2 Pardon, my misquoting your definition of an epoch. An epoch in the Marxist standpoint CB: What do u mean by "the Marxist standpoint" ? ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or u

[Marxism-Thaxis] relations of production as fetter on production

Pardon, my misquoting your definition of an epoch. ^ CB: This seems a disingenous pardon. ^ An epoch in the Marxist standpoint is a historical period of time distinguished in its geenral framework on the basis of the mode of production, rather than by "more than one generation."

[Marxism-Thaxis] General Baker and Marian Kramer

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[Marxism-Thaxis] Strategy Includes Preemptive Use Against Banned Weapons

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[Marxism-Thaxis] Liberty:A study in bourgeois illusion

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[Marxism-Thaxis] Christopher Caudwell : His aesthetics and film

Ralph Dumain : Terrific to see a piece on Caudwell I never read taken out of the mothballs. (did you find this on the web, perchance?) More has appeared since 1976, but I have apparently failed to document it comprehensively in my bibliography: http://www.autodidactproject.org/bib/caudwell.h

[Marxism-Thaxis] relations of production as fetter on productionWaistline2

Waistline2 Actually, social revolution comes about as the result of a qualitative addition in the material power of production that demands the restructuring of the productivity architecture. ^^^ CB: In the New Orleans flood type of example, it might be better said that it is the failure to ma

[Marxism-Thaxis] that man and woman was born free, but was crippled through social organisation.

that man (sic) was born free, but was crippled through social organisation. ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis

[Marxism-Thaxis] Key idea in Caudwell

Key idea in Caudwell is ye ancient antagonism between predominantly mental and predominantly physical labor. ^ Caudwell had sought to discern the most basic thought patterns and to discover the lines of connection between these and the most basic socio-economic realities. At the heart of it

[Marxism-Thaxis] Monopoly of media and First Amendment

"Under existing conditions, private capitalists inevitably control, directly or indirectly, the main sources of information (press, radio, education). It is thus extremely difficult, and indeed in most cases quite impossible, for the individual citizen to come to objective conclusions and to mak

[Marxism-Thaxis] potentialities accomplished, it had become a brake to further development.

potentialities accomplished, it had become a brake to further development. ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis

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