> >This is obviously some new and freaky understanding of Marxism with which
> >I am not familiar. Or perhaps an old and freaky one. I'm unclear on that
> >last part.
>
> <shrug> Don't know either. I've read a tiny bit about this sort of argument
> (and remember less), but it seemed to me as though the Marxists were being
> chided for stuffiness rather than having an all-embracing attitude of
> "Gee-Whiz! Ain't it all grand!"
Ah. I've heard this kind of summary, yes, although I don't actually recall having read anyone insisting that "Gee-Whiz! Ain't it all grand!" was an appropriate let alone insightful mode of analysis. I'd like to say Fiske. But I think even he has to be given more credit than that.
Catherine
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