--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > ...He gave the work of Marx that he based his > opinion on. Its easy > to find and read on the web; its quite short. > I just typed marx jewish question and got > > http://csf.colorado.edu/psn/marx/Archive/1844-JQ/ > > let me quote from it. <snip>
Part II _was_ short (and besides being anti-Jewish seems anti-Christian as well, just somewhat less so); Part I was _not_ short, and I'm very glad you didn't say 'light reading' either as it was heavy slogging (OK, not as bad as some other philosophical texts I've read)... ;) ). Good thing I'm wearing knee-high boots, though. Both of these treatises were full of unjustified assumptions, grand generalizations, and what I can only call 'statements of rabid fervor.' When you make up your own definitions of words and phrases, I guess it's easy to come to 'logical conclusions.' :P In my not-so-humble opinion, of course. >From Part I: "...Only when the real, individual man re-absorbs in himself the abstract citizen, and as an individual human being has become a species-being in his everyday life, in his particular work, and in his particular situation, only when man has recognized and organized his "own powers" as -social powers, and, consequently, no longer separates social power from himself in the shape of political power, only then will human emancipation have been accomplished." An individual is never an abstract being, and while we reduce populations to predictable statistics, the individual is not solely constrained within them. >From this paper, I'd put Marx in the "I love Mankind, but find people despicable" category of elitism. (Admittedly not having read any more of his work than this and the little I remember from a couple of college courses.) Debbi Four Feet Good, Two Feet Better Maru __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
