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[Marxism] Kant & Bhaskar i.lagardien-alumni at lse.ac.uk i.lagardien-alumni at lse.ac.uk <mailto:marxism%40lists.econ.utah.edu?Subject=%5BMarxism%5D%20Kant%20%26%20B haskar&In-Reply-To=> Thu May 18 21:21:33 MDT 2006 * Previous message: [Marxism] Re: Bill Simpich and the antiwar movement * Next message: [Marxism] Kant & Bhaskar * Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] ________________________________ Louis About your Bhaskar reference This is actually very useful. While the philosophical orientation of my thesis is shaped by Historical Materialism, I apply concepts from Critical Realism in various areas of inquiry - especially Lawson's critique of New Classical Economics and its predilection for econometric modelling, formalism and a general 'lack of reality' I am presently preparing/reworking the chapter in which I put forward my case for egalitarianism (my thesis is a critique of the New Classical Model and Liberal Capitalist orthodoxy - in particular the way in which both legitimise inequality) and I am trying to forge my argument by using Kant's categorical imperative and especially his deontology in contrast to utilitarianism, and consequentialism... Still trying, need a lot of help... runing late on deadline. So, I sent in the original message to see if I can find anything or anyone who would/could tell me that inserting Kant in a Marxist critique is incongruous, daft, inconsistent etc etc. Peace (much appreciations) I -----Original Message----- From: Louis Proyect [mailto:lnp3 at panix.com <http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism> ] Sent: Thu 5/18/2006 18:04 To: Activists and scholars in Marxist tradition Cc: Subject: Re: [Marxism] Seek Assistance/Advice on Kant > >Hi > >If anyone on this list is a scholar of, or familiar with the work of Kant, >especially Categorical Imperative and whether it sits comfortably, or >whether it can be integrated into a materialist/Marxist framework, please >send a note to my personal email address. ilagardien at gmail dot com. > >Cheers > >ismail I hope you won't mind me answering this publicly since it overlaps with some reading I am doing now. I am nearly finished with Marxmail subscriber and philosophy professor James A. Daly's "Deals and Ideals: Two Concepts of Enlightenments" which makes the case for Marx's ties to idealist philosophical traditions going back to Plato, including German enlightenment thinkers like Kant. As I understand James, he is strongly influenced by Roy Bhaksar who openly acknowledges Kant's influence. Q. Could you name the three or four books that have most influenced your philosophy at some stage? A. I'm afraid that my answer will probably be a little bit hackneyed. I would say Kant's Critique of Pure Reason; Hegel's Phenomenology of Mind; the early, middle and some late writings of Marx. I have already mentioned the importance of the work of writers like Lakatos, Kuhn, Feyerabend. I would say that the philosophers that I have admired most are Plato, Aristotle, Kant and Hegel. These are also the writers I have polemicised with. So my polemics are often an indirect form of flattery. full: http://www.raggedclaws.com/criticalrealism/archive/rbhaskar_rbi.html ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text before replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism at lists.econ.utah.edu <http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism> Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism ________________________________ * Previous message: [Marxism] Re: Bill Simpich and the antiwar movement * Next message: [Marxism] Kant & Bhaskar * Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] ________________________________ More information about the Marxism mailing list <http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism> _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list [email protected] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
