The Soviet Textbook of Marxist Philosophy 1937, prepared by the Leningrad Institute of Philosophy is available here.
http://www.directdemocracy4u.org/ under Soviet Library section. 1941_A Textbook of Marxist Philosophy_The Leningrad Institute of.pdf It is a largish file not converted to text. For the communist cause. A. Onal --- On Thu, 1/4/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MLL] UAW membership drops/Soviet Textbook > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, 1 April, 2010, 11:08 > > In a message dated 3/31/2010 8:19:22 A.M. Pacific Daylight > Time, > [email protected]_ > (mailto:[email protected]) > writes: > > > I am only curious about what the numerical figure of > the UAW was during > and just after WW II as this was the "heyday" of > industrialization and the > beginning of its decline which compared with today's > stattistics would > certainly provide a clear reference of how > industrialization was was in the > process of transformation and giving rise to "emergent > evolution" as M. > Shirokov explains is dialectical materialism, > revealed as evolutionary > materialism, that "recognizes the emergence of new > qualities at different levels." (A > Textbook of Marxist Philosophy, 1937, M. Shirokov, > Leningrad Institute of > Philosophy) < > > > Reply > > The Soviet Textbook of Marxist Philosophy 1937, prepared by > the Leningrad > Institute of Philosophy under the Direction of M. Shirokov > hold a special > place in the hearts of the Marxists of our generation > (baby boomers) and the > Soviet proletariat of the late 30s to at least early > 1980s. The Textbook > was reprinted by the old Communist League July > 1974. Perhaps this text was > one of those documents Comrade F580 referred to as > part of their "40 days > and 40 days" of Marxist study during the period > leading to the formation of > the old Communist Labor Party. > > The comrades in the "center" knew what they were doing > then; they know what > they are doing know. The Marxist study guide F580 was > given has been > improved many times and exist right know and > available on line at > _http://www.scienceofsociety.org/_ (http://www.scienceofsociety.org/) . > There is also > a > much more comprehensive guide covering the revolutionary > process since the > French Revolution. > > The CLP expressed the specific configuration of our working > class movement > in the period of which it was formed. This was the era in > which the > national liberation movements were closing out a the > dominant expression of the > class struggle world wide. These national colonial > movement did not disappear > but ran their historical course. The CLP expressed > this aspect of the > world proletarian revolution as the colonial > revolution was expressed amongst > the minority and national minority section of the > proletariat in the > imperial center of capital. Today a new kind of > proletarian movement has emerged > and revolutionaries must fight to always expressed > the specific features of > the proletariat in motion. That is why the CLP was > liquidated. Marxism was > not liquidated, only a historically spent > organizational form. > > Textbook along with "Political Economy" issued by the > Institute of > Economics of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1954 and > 1955 revised addition), > are rare gems in Marxist exposition and the battle for the > Marxist lens. > Both books are never to far away from me. My edition > of the Political > Economy is 1957 Lawrence & Wishart London. > > > II. Textbook has a historical character, written in a > period of political > combat against Trotskyism. Stalin’s "Dialectical and > Historical > Materialism," including as a chapter in History of the CPSU > (B) 1939, stands heads > and tails over any concise exposition of materialist > dialectics produced > between 1928 and his death. Stalin wrote for the world > proletariat, in a way > translatable into any language without dilution. His genius > was appropriating > the living dialectic and then articulating dialectical > process in the > specific way in which the world proletariat think things > out. That is why he > was the leader of a class rather than enlightened and > extremely intelligent > people. There are thousands, probably millions of > individuals smarter than us > insurgent Marxists. Some freaking kid comes along and > revolutionizes the > world with a new and different insight. We are not > theoreticians of > humanity. We are leaders of a class in combat. > > "Textbook" does contain certain historical errors. > That is to say, > "Textbook" contains no theory and political errors > observable in the period in > which it was produced, pre-WW II. But sixty years > later, with the advance of > science and the technological revolution, historical > weaknesses have come > to be pretty obvious. > > The question of antagonism is one such weakness. The > exposition of the > relationship - dynamic interactivity, between quantity and > quality giving way > to qualitative change is another. In my mind this > means Chapter XI "The > Nodal Line of Measurements" - brilliant in itself, > suffers from the same > historical error. Page 172 presents an > exposition of antagonism that I adhered > to and fought for on line only to have to end up > repudiating it. > > (I am in the process of moving and everything is packed up > or I would scan > the page and we look at it collectively. My scanner - not > the book, is > packed. The two classics get hand carried.) > > The question of antagonism is presented on page 174 as > "non-antagonistic > contradictions" and "antagonistic contradictions." Loyal > beyond comprehension > Chairman Mao popularized this presentation in his "On > Contradictions" and > "On the Correct handling of Contradictions among the > people." > > "Rally Comrades" approach is different. In social life > there are no > "non-antagonistic contradictions" and "antagonistic > contradictions." Discovery of > this historical error goes back to the polemics within the > Sino-Soviet > split and the 1970s struggle for revolutionary > Marxism in America. In the > theory journal of the Communist Labor Party - > "Proletariat," an article appeared > in 1978, explaining why contradictions cannot become > antagonistic based on > revisionist ideology. I will not repeat the article, but > the crux of it > was that either a contradiction was antagonistic in > its emergence or it was > not. Contradictions do not flip flop back and forth > between antagonism and > non-antagonistic based on human will or "the > correcting handling of > contradiction among the people." > > There is only contradiction as self contained motion. In > class society the > contradiction between means of production and relations of > production are > resolved on the basis of antagonism. Antagonism emerges as > a form of > resolution rooted in the long history of private > property. Contradiction between > nobility and serf is not resolved by the serf > defeating the nobility and > constituting itself as ruling class or the dominant > form of the contradiction. > The contradiction that is nobility and serf is > incapable of resolution > based on the internal poles constituting the > contradiction. > > A new quality must appear in the society of the serf and > nobility that is > birthed in antagonism to both, as both express old means > and relations of > production. An easy way to say this in standard > English is that a quality > must emerge external to and existing outside the > feudal property relation > and its superstructure.. Such a new quality was the > emergence of a new > contradiction express as bourgeois and proletariat, as > these new classes > expressed new means and relations of production. > > "Rally Comrades" presents the proposition as thus: the > incremental > (quantitative) addition of a new quality into an existing > process is the basis for > qualitative change. Quantity does not simply get "bigger" > and burst the > "seams" of an existing process demanding qualitative > change. The quantitative > addition of a new quality into an existing process (system) > takes place > incrementally or quantitatively. At a certain stage in this > incremental > additions of a new quality, a nodal point - line, is > reached where the process > leaps forward and a new qualitative definition is formed. > > Comrade F580, loyal to a fault, basically writes what I > believed for much > of my life concerning dialectics and the relations between > quantity and > quality. In fact the old Communist League taught both > of us in the same way. > Nelson, at the heart of the CL and CLP inherited his > outlook, as did all > communist of his generation, from the Textbook. Then > Nelson came to grips with > American history and the revolution in the means of > production taking place > in his lifetime. > > III. > > "Antagonism and contradiction are by not means the same. > "Under socialism > the fist will vanish, the second will remain." > > The second is contradiction. > > "If we remove the private property character from > productive forces," Lenin > may have pondered, "the contradiction between means of > production and > relations of production," (which express the > spontaneous development of means > of production colliding with old relations > consolidate based on an old > technology) "society development and leaps will no > longer have to be resolved > as nullification and annihilation of a property form." > > The Soviet Textbook then quotes Marx on page 175. > > "It is only in the order of things." says Marx "in which > there will be no > more classes and class antagonism, that social evolutions > will cease to be > political revolution." > > Contradiction expressed as the unity and struggle of means > of production > and relations of production will exist after the > establishment of communism > and even its higher phase. This contradiction will > not require a form of > resolution demanding the annihilation of a class of > property holders. > > "Antagonism and contradiction are by not means the same. > Under socialism > the fist will vanish, the second will remain." (Lenin) > > WL. > > > . > > _______________________________________________ > Marxist-Leninist-List mailing list > [email protected] > To change your options or unsubscribe go to: > http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxist-leninist-list > _______________________________________________ Marxist-Leninist-List mailing list [email protected] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxist-leninist-list
