Elster can't lay a hand on Kolokowski as a scholar or an interpreter of
Marx: K's readings are always possible, while Elsters' are often just
obtuse or perverse. On the other side, Elster isn't anti-Marxist; he
wasn't trying to construct a tombstone, but to do develop and reconstitute
the
Oh, I like Elster a lot. It's just that he's no scholar in the sense that
Kolakowski is. Elster has a new book out on self-binding, the latest
installment in what has been his best work in any case. I haven't read it,
but it is called Ulysses Unbound. --jks
Elster can't lay a hand on
One time I went to Davis to meet with Nancy Breen. We attended a talk about Elster.
He
spoke with great authority about Marx, even though he was wildly mistaken much of the
time. It was very frustrating to sit back and hear him spout such nonsense.
Justin Schwartz wrote:
Oh, come on,
