Walker: 'In his 1965 farewell lecture at Brandeis, titled "Obsolescence of Socialism" he [Marcuse] quoted a passage from the Grundrisse that addressed disposable time and commented that in Capital, Marx had "repressed this vision, which now appears as his most realistic, his most amazing insight!"'
The published notes of the lecture state, "Marx himself has repressed this vision, which now appears as his most realistic, his most amazing insight!" without mentioning Capital. (p. 239, Coll. Papers, vol. 6) That small point aside, Marcuse draws on a Freudian term to get the interpretation he wants. No need to ask why Marx did not put something in Capital but did put the communist vision in his critique of the Gotha Program years later. Early in the lecture notes, Marcuse states: > > But then: what is obsolete in Marxian socialism? > The obvious contradictions between reality and Marxian anticipation: > no impoverishment of the laboring classes, > no sharpening of class consciousness and class struggle, > no bipolarization of society (decline of the middle classes), > no inevitable all-out conflicts among the capitalist powers. > (p. 236) > It is Marcuse's list that is obsolete today. But apparently it lives on as a platform for Walker, as Marcuse celebrated, to proceed with "Not a word about class struggle! not a word about impoverishment!" (p. 239) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#39139): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/39139 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/116120596/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
