On 4/14/10, Ralph Dumain <rdum...@autodidactproject.org> wrote: > Syntactic ambiguity or ineptitude on my part. I meant: > > . . . nor is attempting to deny Marx's materialism necessary in > order to develop the concept of praxis.
^^^^^^^ CB: Yes. Do you derive "praxis" from Marx's phrase "practical-critical activity" in the first Thesis on Feuerbach ? "The chief defect of all hitherto existing materialism – that of Feuerbach included – is that the thing, reality, sensuousness, is conceived only in the form of the object or of contemplation, but not as sensuous human activity, practice, not subjectively. Hence, in contradistinction to materialism, the active side was developed abstractly by idealism – which, of course, does not know real, sensuous activity as such. Feuerbach wants sensuous objects, really distinct from the thought objects, but he does not conceive human activity itself as objective activity. Hence, in The Essence of Christianity, he regards the theoretical attitude as the only genuinely human attitude, while practice is conceived and fixed only in its dirty-judaical manifestation. Hence he does not grasp the significance of “revolutionary”, of “practical-critical”, activity. " ^^^^^^^ > > At 01:40 PM 4/14/2010, c b wrote: > >It's not necessary to develop the concept of praxis ? > > > > > >On 4/14/10, Ralph Dumain <rdum...@autodidactproject.org> wrote: > > > Here is where I would agree with Hillel-Rubin as against Robinson, > > > Dunayevskaya, and many others. Trying to play off Marx's advocacy of > > > "naturalism" as a transcendence of both idealism and materialism is > > > the bogus ploy here. But note please that praxis philosophers do not > > > all go for this gambit, nor is it necessary to develop the > > concept of praxis. > > > > > > See also my review: > > > > > > <http://www.autodidactproject.org/my/ruben-dh-2.html>Review of > > > David-Hillel Rubin, > > > <http://www.autodidactproject.org/my/ruben-dh-2.html>Marxism and > > > Materialism: A Study in Marxist Theory of Knowledge > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Marxism-Thaxis mailing list > Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu > To change your options or unsubscribe go to: > http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis > _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
