Intellectuals vs. activism

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Aug 5 13:44:17 PDT 2002


Nathan Newman wrote:


>The classic Marx statement on it all was "The point is not to understand he
>world but to change it."

Yes, but Marx spent *lots* of time trying to understand the world. Not to mention writing theory. He was not one to subordinate his interests to the immediate needs of activists.

Doug



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