Horowitz's center

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Mar 10 09:10:59 PST 1999


Rakesh Bhandari wrote:


>As for Doug's apologia for innovation it is almost
>determined entirely by the needs of the system

Damn, Rakesh, I'd expect that from Lou Proyect, not you. I'm trying to preserve a distinction between capitalist science and the liberatory potential of a socialist science, and to preserve the traditional Marxist ambivalence towards capitalist innovation. The critique of innovation in itself that Carl Remick was citing is a species of romantic anticapitalism that Marx did a fine job on in the Grundrisse.


>The greatest innovative force of production would be proletarian
>revolution itself.

Well, yes, I'm with you there.

Doug



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