I have repeatedly stated what I mean. I have never denied that economic explanations of political behavior are valid, as you know. I merely insist that political explanations, and psychological ones too, are also valid. I do not understand the idea that psychological explanations are merely individual and therefore (!) not explanatory. I reject both parts of that proposition. Since I cannot make myself understood, despite having repeatedly stated what I mean in plain English, I leave the field to you all. Enjoy it. You may imagine that you grasp a deeper truth, a world where only economic reduction counts. I would have hoped this caricature of historical materialism was long dead. Alas, it is not. jks
BrownBingb at aol.com wrote:
-clip- Most people, when they ask a political question, are asking for the political explanatory factors.
jks
CB: Well, there is this school of thought that emphasizes class struggle as explaining political questions .
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