> Ah, the tyranny of concepts........
^Title of what appears to be a debunk of orthodox marxism.
This fellow probably got this where I bought a copy of Browder, Earl and
George E. Sokolsky "Is Communism a menace?" A debate between Earl Browder
and George E. Sokolsky. New Masses, New York. 1943, 47p. The Baffler had a
piece on Sokolsky a few issues ago. Now that isn't a boring lefty magazine.
http://www.westegg.com/jinxblog/archives/000218.html
> ...May 17, 2003
The Tyranny of Concepts: A Critique of Marxism
I just bought - in a fine used-bookstore in Glendale, Los Angeles - Gordon Leff's book of the above title. The opening paragraph of the book makes a key point:
"Marxism, as a doctrine, is a series of paradoxes. It claims to be a science yet regards its truths as transcendental; it upholds the inexorability of change while remaining frozen in its century-old categories; it asserts the conditional nature of all outlooks and claims exemption for its own; it condemns pragmatism but makes success its criterion; it denounces metaphysics while labouring under its own metaphysical presuppositions." Posted by Morgan at May 17, 2003 01:34 PM -- Michael Pugliese