Says Marx. In everything he writes he attacks political economy, exposing its class function. He is quite clear on what political economy is-- an ideological function, a necessary obscuring of the actual social relation of production that forms capital. He does not offer a Marxist political economy, or a Marxist economics, no more than he offers a Marxist philosophy, a Marxist sociology, a Marxist theory of finance, etc.
What is posed in counterpoint to political economy, to "economics"? The real content of history. The social organization of labor. Class struggle. ----- Original Message ----- From: "michael a. lebowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <PEN-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 7:44 PM Subject: [PEN-L] dicta > At 16:21 01/06/2007, sartesian wrote: > > >Just a point, and I don't think it's minor or just > >semantic. There is no Marxian political economy. > >There is no Marxist political economy. Marxism begins > >with a contribution to the end of political economy. > > says who? > michael > Michael A. Lebowitz > Professor Emeritus > Economics Department > Simon Fraser University > Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6 > > Director, Programme in 'Transformative Practice and Human Development' > Centro Internacional Miranda, P.H. > Residencias Anauco Suites, Parque Central, final Av. Bolivar > Caracas, Venezuela > fax: 0212 5768274/0212 5777231 > http//:centrointernacionalmiranda.gob.ve > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
