[Marxism-Thaxis] Fidel Castro analyzes the CIA's Family Jewels

2007-07-03 Thread Charles Brown
REFLECTIONS BY THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF THE KILLING MACHINE Sunday is a good day to read something that would appear to be science fiction. It was announced that the CIA would be declassifying hundreds of pages on illegal actions that included plans to eliminate the leaders of foreign government

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Cornel West & Marxism (8)

2007-07-03 Thread Waistline2
>> Charles, you know that Lukacs placed this book outside and said it did Marxism more harm than benefit. Dogan << Comment Your judgement, as best I can tell, has appealed to my sensibility over the years. Specifically, you tend to place things in a historical context and experienc

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Cornel West & Marxism (8)

2007-07-03 Thread Ralph Dumain
In attempting to interpret your response, I take it you are referring to Lukacs' later repudiation of HISTORY AND CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS. And so what is your point? I didn't get to finish my review of Cornel West because my monitor blew out in the middle of it. In the period of the dark night o

[Marxism-Thaxis] available

2007-07-03 Thread dogangoecmen
Further information on http://www.ibtauris.com/ibtauris/display.asp?K=9781845114008&sf_01=CAUTHOR&st_01=dogan&sf_02=CTITLE&sf_03=KEYWORD&sf_04=identifier&m=1&dc=1 The Adam Smith Problem - Reconciling Human Nature and Society in the 'theory of Moral AUTHOR:? Dogan Gocmen? This is the first sc

[Marxism-Thaxis] Cornel West & Marxism (8)

2007-07-03 Thread Charles Brown
dogangoecmen Charles, you know that Lukacs placed this book outside and said it did Marxism more harm than benefit. Dogan ^ CB: Thanks Dogan. I didn't know that. ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change y

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Cornel West & Marxism (8)

2007-07-03 Thread dogangoecmen
Charles, you know that Lukacs placed this book outside and said it did Marxism more harm than benefit. Dogan  -Ursprüngliche Mitteilung- Von: Charles Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: marxism-thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu Verschickt: Di., 3. Jul. 2007, 14:03 Thema: [Marxism-Thaxis] Cornel Wes

[Marxism-Thaxis] Cornel West & Marxism (8)

2007-07-03 Thread Charles Brown
Ralph Dumain Chapter 6 is on Lukacs, particularly HISTORY AND CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS and particularly the essay on reification. First West summarizes Hegel's notion of dialectic. Then he shows how Lukacs' Marxian dialectic differs, and emphasizes that it applies only to history and society, n