Re: False Holism

2001-07-03 Thread Michael Pugliese
t; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 10:08 AM Subject: [PEN-L:14636] Re: False Holism > Hi, Max! My note on False Holism somehow hasn't come back to my > in-box from PEN-l, but since you replied to it, I guess it got > posted.

Re: Re: False Holism

2001-07-03 Thread Jim Devine
> >... _Monopoly Capital_, etc. need to be revised. > >Yoshie All books need to be revised, but none should be except by their authors. We can learn from their mistakes to create better books. my 1983 article in the REVIEW OF RADICAL POLITICAL ECONOMICS provides some constructive criticism of

Re: False Holism

2001-07-03 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
>the following makes Sweezy sound as if he's dead. Last time I heard, >he wasn't. > >At 01:08 PM 07/03/2001 -0400, you wrote: >>* Sweezy was also a proponent of an "underconsumption" >>interpretation of Marx, a new theory of imperialism rooted in >>"dependency" and the examination of Keyn

Re: Re: False Holism

2001-07-03 Thread Jim Devine
the following makes Sweezy sound as if he's dead. Last time I heard, he wasn't. At 01:08 PM 07/03/2001 -0400, you wrote: >* Sweezy was also a proponent of an "underconsumption" >interpretation of Marx, a new theory of imperialism rooted in "dependency" >and the examination of Keynesian de

Re: False Holism

2001-07-03 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
Hi, Max! My note on False Holism somehow hasn't come back to my in-box from PEN-l, but since you replied to it, I guess it got posted. I must be having some problem with my computer or server. >You and MR are talking about financial capital, >and most of what you say is well-t

RE: False Holism

2001-07-02 Thread Max Sawicky
ndards. The socialist slogan would then be, 'A chicken-bone in every pot.' yours in producerism, mbs -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Yoshie Furuhashi Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 2:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:145

False Holism

2001-07-02 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
eology works is to pass off a particular interest (most often the interest of the bourgeoisie under capitalism) as if it were a universal interest. In its promotion of asceticism, environmentalist holism can serve to give a green cover for the ideological sleight of hand that makes a particular interest appear a universal interest. Socialists who have environmental concerns do well to avoid this trap of false holism. Yoshie