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Romain Kroes wrote:
Because historical materialism has become a label.
I don't get it. Literary Criticism
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Question: Why is historical materialism in quotes? And is this different
from what Engels call the materialist conception
Romain Kroes wrote:
Because historical materialism has become a label.
I don't get it. Literary Criticism has become a label. Frying Bacon
has become a label. We still don't usually put them in scare quotes.
And if your point is that it names lots of contradictory things -- is
ambiguous:
In a message dated Thu, 7 Mar 2002 6:45:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, Carrol Cox
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Romain Kroes wrote:
Because historical materialism has become a label.
I don't get it. Literary Criticism has become a label. Frying Bacon
has become a label. We still don't
Question: Why is historical materialism in quotes? And is this different from what
Engels call the materialist conception of history in Anti-Durhing?
Melvin P.
