[Marxism-Thaxis] Rosa Logica

2009-10-22 Thread c b
This is more from over at http://marxisthumanistinitiative.org/2009/05/05/brief-comments-on-the-relationship-between-marxism-and-the-hegelian-dialectic/comment-page-2/#comment-147 where Rosa L argues that Marx's method , his dialectic , is totally not Hegel's, that he extirpates Hegel. CB:

[Marxism-Thaxis] Rosa L the metaphysician

2009-10-22 Thread c b
In the next two paragraphs of the chapter “Dialectics” of _Socialism: Utopian and Scientific_, Engels describes Rosa L’s contradiction “free”, metaphysical , formal logical thinking. CB ^^^ But this conception (dialectics), correctly as it expresses the general character of the picture of

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Rosa Lichtenstein vs. Andrew Kliman on dialectics

2009-09-09 Thread c b
Spoken like a true know it all saying nothing. Ralph deserves himself, and that's about all he'll get. On 9/8/09, Ralph Dumain rdum...@autodidactproject.org wrote: I can't make a lick of sense out of Andrew Kliman's side of the debate with Rosa. But note that none of it has any relationship

[Marxism-Thaxis] Rosa Lichtenstein vs. Andrew Kliman on dialectics

2009-09-08 Thread farmela...@juno.com
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[Marxism-Thaxis] Rosa L

2009-09-08 Thread c b
Here part of my old exchange with Rosa. The same issue of the contradiction in John is a man came up in Kliman's exchange with her Rosa gets CB Charles Brown charlesb at cncl.ci.detroit.mi.us Thu Aug 23 09:48:11 MDT 2007

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Rosa Lichtenstein vs. Andrew Kliman on dialectics

2009-09-08 Thread Ralph Dumain
I can't make a lick of sense out of Andrew Kliman's side of the debate with Rosa. But note that none of it has any relationship to dialectical materialism or the Marxist-Leninist notion of dialectical logic, which is really all that pedestrian Rosa has to argue against. And in that arena Rosa

[Marxism-Thaxis] Rosa

2009-08-14 Thread c b
Clearly, the idea that the world is rational must be forced onto nature; it cannot be read from it, since nature is not Mind. ^ CB: This seems an a priori statement by Rosa. It is not clear that the idea that the world is rational must be forced onto nature, nor that to read rationality from

[Marxism-Thaxis] Rosa

2009-08-14 Thread c b
Surely, the most that could legitimately be claimed here is that up to now the available evidence supports a dialectical view of reality. ^ CB: Correct . See Marxism thaxis threads in which I point out that for Engels, the dialectical quality of reality is an a posteriori, not a priori,

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Rosa Luxemburg

2007-12-21 Thread CeJ
It's an excellent article. I was able to download it for free in .pdf at the site that is linked. Was that some quirk or is the journal available for free right now? I have put it into my handheld for future reading on the train. The problem with the approach in terms of readership is that most

[Marxism-Thaxis] Rosa Luxemburg

2007-12-03 Thread dogangoecmen
Rosa Luxemburg, the Legacy of Classical German Philosophy and the Fundamental Methodological Questions of Social and Political Theory http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a785120183~db=all~order=page Bei AOL

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Rosa Luxemburg

2007-12-03 Thread Ralph Dumain
Interesting. I didn't know Rosa Luxemburg got mixed up in philosophy, let alone attack Neo-Kantianism. I'm not going to pay $25 to learn what she said about it, but I am curious. At 06:18 AM 12/3/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rosa Luxemburg, the Legacy of Classical German Philosophy and the

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Rosa gets CB

2007-08-29 Thread CeJ
RD: But what conclusions to draw without knowing what people do and how they behave off-list? This doesn't just pertain to Marxists, but to any political movement, and to many ostensibly non-political subjects. I am not even sure what conclusions to draw from the ON-LIST behaviour. For

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Rosa gets CB

2007-08-28 Thread CeJ
Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Marxism-Thaxis] Rosa gets CB To: marxism-thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I've put this to plain text , but this pc sometimes causes the posts to show up in long lines across the page anyway. I

[Marxism-Thaxis] Rosa gets CB

2007-08-27 Thread Charles Brown
I've put this to plain text , but this pc sometimes causes the posts to show up in long lines across the page anyway. I gotta admit that Rosa L.packs in so many putdowns per essay, that I find it hard not to get diverted into repartee; and it kind of bogs me down in reading through her stuff.

[Marxism-Thaxis] Rosa gets CB

2007-08-23 Thread Charles Brown
I may be lliterate, but at least she admits I'm logical. CB ^^^ Logical Illiterates Strike Again A year or so ago I had the great misfortune to correspond with an irascible fellow who could not resist making ill-informed comments about my Essays, all the while refusing to read them. I

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Rosa Lichtenstein again

2007-08-14 Thread Ralph Dumain
I haven't checked the links, but am I Mr. D? You know, this is a sad case of Trotskyist obsessive-compulsive behavior, i.e. of a Trot consumed by his quarrels with other Trots, and to a lesser extent his competitors among other Marxist-Leninists. It's pathetic. It's true that diamat--at

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Rosa Lichtenstein again

2007-08-14 Thread yves coleman
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[Marxism-Thaxis] rosa luxemburg and hegelian philosophy (german)

2006-09-17 Thread Dogangoecmen
Rosa Luxemburg: Die »schneidende Waffe der Hegelschen Dialektik« Dogan Göçmen (javascript:imgToggle2768('img2768');) Die philosophische Seite des Luxemburgischen Werkes ist kaum untersucht. Selbst unter Linken ist bislang hauptsächlich ihre politische Theorie berücksichtigt worden,

[Marxism-Thaxis] Rosa Lichtenstein on Wittgenstein and Marxism

2006-08-16 Thread Charles Brown
andie nachgeborenen * W's philosophy actually calls out for following up with such investigation. If you want to go beyond philosophy, you have to go _somewhere_ -- maybe to political economy and political sociology, like Marx, maybe to

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Rosa Lichtenstein on Wittgenstein and Marxism

2006-08-15 Thread andie nachgeborenen
--- Ralph Dumain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All this is rather superficial, however. I think Ernest Gellner nailed the essentially conservative nature of Wittgenstein's philosophy. Oh, agreed. W thought that philosophy done right leaves everything as it is. That is a quote or at least a

[Marxism-Thaxis] Rosa Lichtenstein responds to Ralph

2006-05-25 Thread Charles Brown
Rosa cites Bukharin as giving the best summary of Dialectical Marxism. Ironically, at one point Lenin called Bukharin the Party's favorite , but criticized him for lack of dialectics in his work. I guess it makes sense that if Rosa is a critic of dialectics ,a weak dialectician would be the best

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Rosa Lichtenstein responds to Ralph

2006-05-25 Thread dogangoecmen
: Charles Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu, 25 May 2006 08:54:45 -0400 Subject: [Marxism-Thaxis] Rosa Lichtenstein responds to Ralph X-INFO: INVALID TO LINE Rosa cites Bukharin as giving the best summary of Dialectical Marxism. Ironically, at one point Lenin called Bukharin the Party's favorite

[Marxism-Thaxis] Rosa Lichtenstein responds to Ralph

2006-05-24 Thread Jim Farmelant
At http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rosa.l/index.htm Rosa tells us that she has rewritten her essay #4 in response to Ralph's post: www.mail-archive.com/marxism-thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu/msg02786.html Rosa's rewritten essay can be found at:

[Marxism-Thaxis] Rosa Parks' Action Day

2005-12-01 Thread Charles Brown
I don't really subscribe to A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/margaretme130543.html But Rosa Parks had a demonstration of one in a coordinated campaign planned by a

[Marxism-Thaxis] Rosa Parks

2005-11-01 Thread Charles Brown
Waistline2 : CB: I've heard it said that Rosa Parks was in the CPUSA at the time she satdown. WL: What is the point? CB: You had just run down a whole thing about the problems of the CPUSA in the South, how the CPUSA was in trouble. Then you end with then Rosa Parks happened. Would be kind

[Marxism-Thaxis] Rosa Parks

2005-10-31 Thread Charles Brown
Specification of new class struggle thesis - 3Waistline2 at aol.com Waistline2 Part 3 Earlier today, a memorial was held for Rosa Parks, who passed October 24, 2005. Rosa Parks was crowned the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement for her individual role and arrest December 1, 1955, in

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Rosa Parks

2005-10-31 Thread Waistline2
CB: I've heard it said that Rosa Parks was in the CPUSA at the time she satdown. WL: What is the point? Rosa Parks as individual narrative of American history exists on a continuum related to Plessy. The CPUSA's role in our history is never disputed by me, nor am I a party hater. For valid