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,
Gidday to you too, my slippery eel!
You write:
I hope we focus on the categories SC make salient,
but fail to tell us just what these might be...
rather than do that old "Lenin was Marx in practice!" "No he
wasn't!" quote-mongering dance, again. We've an archive choc-full of
that stuff
G'day again,
A quickie before bed ...
Gidday to you too, my slippery eel!
Fair go! You've been known to daub yourself with the Johnson's Baby Oil,
yourself, Hugh!
I hope we focus on the categories SC make salient,
but fail to tell us just what these might be...
Er, SC make 'em SALIENT.
