Determinism

JKSCHW at aol.com JKSCHW at aol.com
Mon Oct 9 16:28:23 PDT 2000


In a message dated 10/9/00 1:23:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ForstaterM at umkc.edu writes:

<< Plekhanov's work (_Fundamental Problems of Marxism_, _Materialist Conception of

History_, etc.) is often considered a classic example of economic determinism in

the Marxist tradition. There are other related notions, e.g., technological

determinism, mechanistic materialism, etc. Then there is "last instance"

determinism (Hindess and Hirst?); and then overdetermination (Resnick and

Wolff). Mat >>

Obviously the best modern version of Plekhanov is G.A. Cohen, Karl Marx's Theory of History. This created a good deal of criticism, including Richard Miller's ib Analyzing Marx and Wright, Levine, and Sober, Reconstructing Marx. --jks



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