[Marxism-Thaxis] Scope and Limits of Theory: Provisional Draft

2010-07-07 Thread Carrol Cox
There was a thread on marxism, ending today, which I started with a post on theory. At first the response it got was to an "incidentally" remark on the Panthers. Then Angelus Novus reopened it, and then at someplace Lou went ape-shit and it got wilder and wilder, at least from him, and it ended wit

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Scope and Limits of Theory: Provisional Draft

2010-07-07 Thread Ralph Dumain
If we are talking about Lou Proyect, which I'm sure we are, then any word uttered or action taken by this character should not catch anyone by surprise. You're bound to come up with fleas. Trotsky's inflexible dogmatism has been noted by many. One interesting example is Jean van Heijenoort's me

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Scope and Limits of Theory: Provisional Draft

2010-07-07 Thread Carrol Cox
I think we are in general agreement, but detailed thought on that will have to wait. But I wanted to express appreciation of one paragraph: Ralph Dumain wrote: > > > You are aware of course of the Trot fetish for Malcolm X, and presumably > the "theory" behind the fondness for black nationalism.

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Scope and Limits of Theory: Provisional Draft

2010-07-08 Thread Waistline2
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