Class antagonism in The Manifesto/exposition Waistline2 at aol.com ________________________________
"The distinguishing feature of communism is not the abolition of property generally, but the abolition of bourgeois property. But modern bourgeois private property is the final and most complete expression of the system of producing and appropriating products that is based on _class antagonisms_ (emphasis added -CB), on the exploitation of the many by the few. " *********** WL: What then is antagonism? My answer is a specific form of resolution of contradiction. The history of the general presentation of the antagonistic form of resolution - in the context of the history of the Third International and Soviet history, appears the 1939 edition of the Textbook of Marxist Philosophy, page 172. Antagonism does not mean conflict or violence as a philosophic concept. Waistline ^^^^^ CB: What is the connection between what you are saying and what Marx and Engels say above ? **************************** WL: The issue is not "the connection" but what is the meaning of antagonism and describing the mode of resolution called antagonism. I will try and quickly summarize the meaning of antagonism. The quote you present does not explain, nor was it the intention of the authors to explain, the specific movement of antagonism as polarization - externalization, between and within the primary classes connected to and existing in correspondence to a given state of development of the productive forces. Or on what basis and when a contradiction between primary classes is replaced by antagonism. ^^^^^^ CB: In other words, here, they don't use "antagonism" in the same way that you do ? _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list [email protected] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
