Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Definition of Political Economy(fwd)

2000-06-25 Thread JKSCHW
You and CArroll responnd to sharp criticism with accusations of Red-baiting, and then have the chutzpah to reproach me for ad hominem attacks. Of course Marx was nota n orthodix Marxist. He was, as he said when he encountered the phenonomenon of orthodox Marxism, not a Marxist at all. He welcom

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Definition of Political Economy(fwd)

2000-06-25 Thread Doug Henwood
Carrol Cox wrote: >No >Stalinist was ever so dependent on jargon of any sort as are >red-baiters on the myth of orthodox marxism to red-baiting. That's really funny. You mean offbeat Marxists like Adorno or Lefebvre wrote more jargon-ridden prose than your average pronunciamento of the CPSU? E

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Definition of Political Economy(fwd)

2000-06-25 Thread Carrol Cox
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hey, Carrol, orthodox Marxism is a myth? I wish. --jks It is a myth absolutely necessary for the health of red-baiting. No Stalinist was ever so dependent on jargon of any sort as are red-baiters on the myth of orthodox marxism to red-baiting. The use of the term is

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Definition of Political Economy (fwd)

2000-06-22 Thread JKSCHW
In a message dated 6/22/00 11:28:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << The Subjection of Women_; _On Liberty_; and _Representative Government_ still stand up pretty well. The "Essay on Bentham" is a sensitive positive critique of utilitarianism. And it seems to me like

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Definition of Political Economy (fwd)

2000-06-22 Thread Jim Devine
I wrote: >>and many people say that Harriet T. likely wrote _The Subjection of >>Women_ but thought that she couldn't get it published under her name. Brad queries: >I hadn't known that. Sources? Now I'm curious enough that I'll spend the >morning re-reading it... unfortunately, this is someth

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Definition of Political Economy (fwd)

2000-06-22 Thread Brad De Long
>At 08:20 PM 6/21/00 -0700, you wrote: >>>Marx's complain against J. S. Mill was that he was mediocre, and looked good >>>simply because the competition was so dreadful. Mediocre because he confined >>>himself to study surface phenomena, rather than to look at the real motor of >>>history. >>> >>>

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Definition of Political Economy(fwd)

2000-06-22 Thread Michael Perelman
She spent her weekends with her husband and JSM. I recall that she often could not walk, except when it was time for their vacation in France -- but I could be mistaken on that. Brad De Long wrote: > >Marx's complain against J. S. Mill was that he was mediocre, and looked good > >simply because

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Definition of Political Economy (fwd)

2000-06-22 Thread Jim Devine
At 08:20 PM 6/21/00 -0700, you wrote: >>Marx's complain against J. S. Mill was that he was mediocre, and looked good >>simply because the competition was so dreadful. Mediocre because he confined >>himself to study surface phenomena, rather than to look at the real motor of >>history. >> >>Rod > >