Re: FW: Scientific socialism: A reply to Joseph Green

2003-06-24 Thread Chris Burford
At 2003-06-22 08:02 -0700, you wrote: From: Jurriaan Bendien In reply to Joseph Green, whose comments you send me: I think he should try learning to read a book, and not judge it by its cover. My basic point is that when Engels wrote the text of anti-Duhring, he was doing so in an

Re: FW: Scientific socialism: A reply to Joseph Green

2003-06-24 Thread Ian Murray
- Original Message - From: Chris Burford [EMAIL PROTECTED] I suspect the really difficult debate is about whether there is a single scientific socialism now, and what it is in today's context. Or whether marxism is a method of science, rather than a definitive body of science. Chris

FW: Scientific socialism: A reply to Joseph Green

2003-06-22 Thread Devine, James
Title: FW: Scientific socialism: A reply to Joseph Green From: Jurriaan Bendien In reply to Joseph Green, whose comments you send me: I think he should try learning to read a book, and not judge it by its cover. My basic point is that when Engels wrote the text of anti-Duhring, he

Re: FW: Scientific socialism: A reply to Joseph Green

2003-06-22 Thread Kenneth Campbell
In terms of Mr. Bendien's take on history... I could not agree more. Foreground and background are simple painting ideas... But, when used in political/materialist history, it often seem to baffle the religious textualists. (And leave it to French academics to make a complex discipline out of