Secular religion

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>>Marxism as a political theory must have been an object of faith for
>>some -- especially for intellectuals who later became neo-cons (the
>>"God That Failed" syndrome).  For others, it just came with a
>>left-wing political milieu in which they happened to find themselves;
>>and it was the milieu, not the theory in itself (with which probably
>>only a tiny minority of them grappled extensively), that gave meaning
>>to their lives.
>>--
>>Yoshie
>>
>
>Marxism was never mainly a political theory. It was a movement. Most 
>Marxists never grappled with the theory. Their Marxism was the 
>milieu. Now the movement is gone forever. All that is left is the 
>theory.
>
>jks

It's certainly possible that it's gone forever, but I'm not deterministic.  ;-)
-- 
Yoshie

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