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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.
>
>... _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
>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
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
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
ndards. The socialist slogan would
then be, 'A chicken-bone in every pot.'
yours in producerism,
mbs
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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