Re: M-TH: Re: Re: Smith and Cuckson on Lenin & philosophy

2000-07-08 Thread Rob Schaap
G'day George, >Bob you mention Kautsky. Do you where any of his writings can be obtained >on >the internet. I am also interested in getting my hands on translations >of >Martov's writings too. No, mate. Seems the mainstream has forgotten Kautsky, and the left won't have a bar of him - so he app

M-TH: Re: Re: Smith and Cuckson on Lenin & philosophy

2000-07-08 Thread George Pennefather
G'day Hugh, I see Robert Service's new biography of Lenin is, whilst much more generous and sublte than, say, Pipes's hatchet job, also pretty damning of Lenin's philosophying. Reckons he was nothing special as a theorist. That said, when Lenin got to apply his book-learning to reality, reali