Ja well no fine, Ian, but "environment" is one thing and "social existence" is another thing.
VC On 22 November 2010 14:44, Ian Beddowes <[email protected]> wrote: > The quotation is from the Preface to "A Contribution to the Critique of > Political Economy" Karl Marx 1859. I have attached the whole paragraph and > put the quotation iin bold. > What Marx is saying is that the society in which we live shapes our > consciousness and how we see the world. To expand -- in South Africa, > whether we hate capitalism or we love it, whether we hate the ANC or we love > it -- the very dialogue, including the discussion we are having here, is > determined essentially by the society in which we live. By understanding how > society changes and how PRACTICALLY it is possible to change it, that very > consciousness becomes part of the process of change. > > -- > You are subscribed. This footer can help you. > Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to > this message. > You can visit the group WEB SITE at > http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery > options, pages, files and membership. > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected]. > You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to > put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to > this address (repeat): [email protected] . > -- Blog at: http://domza.blogspot.com/ Communist University web site at: http://amadlandawonye.wikispaces.com/ Subscribe for free e-mail updates at: http://groups.google.com/group/Communist-University/ Library of documents (CU "CD") at: http://cu.domza.net/ [email protected] -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] .
