Ricardo wrote:
>When Wood (and Brenner) tell us that capitalism is not commerce
>they mean it. Capitalism did not grow naturally out of anything that
>preceded it; it is so unknown in history, so novel, exceptional and
>incomparable, that when it came, it did so "fully fledged". (Those
>who clai
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>I have already cited Brenner's argument that we must study the
>process of class struggles & class formations _in Africa_ to fully
>account for the emergence of African slaves as commodities, as well
>as class struggles & class formations _in the so-c
It really, really helps to read Wood alongside Christopher Hill's "The World
Turned Upside Down". Problems for the landlords [and the Parish System in
general] began with the reign of Henry the VIIIth. Nor should we avoid the
fact the rise of atheism in England had a lot to do with the eroding of
I have been staying out of this. and pretty much will, but I will remark
that you are into the heart of the history of the land law, one of the very
hardest topics in the history of law; if you are seriou about this, you must
wrap your head around something like Brian Simpson, The Land Law, and
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>I have already cited Brenner's argument that we must study the
>process of class struggles & class formations _in Africa_ to fully
>account for the emergence of African slaves as commodities, as well
>as cl
Charles writes:
>CB: What is lesser known is the the truth cannot be found in a million
>different books either - unless one selects the right ones.
I've found that I can learn from almost any book, even the campaign
autobiography of George W. Bush. It may give me more insights in
psychopathol
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Charles writes:
>CB: What is lesser known is the the truth cannot be found in a million
>different books either - unless one selects the right ones.
I've found that I can learn from almost any book, even the campaign
autobiography of George W. Bush.
Ricardo:
>Yoshie, let's you leave at that; I just don't see anything in what you
>cited from Brenner which goes against what I said Wood says. If
>you think Brenner has to be combined with Wallerstein, that's fine
>too. But I can assure you that Wood in particular would never
>combine them (neith
Ricardo: This is over The subject is exhausted.
Ricardo Duchesne wrote:
> So the English feudal ruling class was unique in that its extra-
> economic powers were "increasingly concentrated in the central
> state" beginning with the Norman conquest in the eleventh century.
> Long before thei
Ricardo, over means over. The difference between the threads is that this one is
personal. If anyone wants to read your article, they know where to look
On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 09:21:00AM -0400, Ricardo Duchesne wrote:
>
> > Ricardo: This is over The subject is exhausted.
>
> That depe
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I have already cited Brenner's argument that we must study the
process of class struggles & class formations _in Africa_ to fully
account for the emergence of African slaves as commodities, as well
as class struggles & class formations _in the so-cal
Yoshie:
>However, _none_ of them argues that capitalism emerged at once,
>"fully fledged," like the birth of Athena from the forehead of Zeus!
>The emergence of capitalist social relations was a drawn-out
>_process_ (not a linear Progress), born of contingent outcomes of
>class struggles in Eu
Ian wrote:
>It really, really helps to read Wood alongside Christopher Hill's "The World
>Turned Upside Down". Problems for the landlords [and the Parish System in
>general] began with the reign of Henry the VIIIth. Nor should we avoid the
>fact the rise of atheism in England had a lot to do with
>CB: There is also a lot of falsehood in books, probably as much falsehood
>as truth. Many books mislead many people.
I find that one can learn from falsehoods. When Al Gore pretended to be
Ronald Reagan in the first debate with George W. [sighing rather than
saying "there you go again"], tha
Charles Brown wrote:
>CB: There is also a lot of falsehood in books, probably as much
>falsehood as truth. Many books mislead many people.
Yes. That's why it's best to keep certain titles locked up,
accessible only to those who have passed rigorous tests of
ideological soundness, kind of like
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Charles Brown wrote:
>CB: There is also a lot of falsehood in books, probably as much
>falsehood as truth. Many books mislead many people.
Yes. That's why it's best to keep certain titles locked up,
accessible only to those who have passed rigorous
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