[lbo-talk] Instinct

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat Nov 19 13:15:38 PST 2005


Michael Perelman wrote:


>Grundrisse
>
>Hunger is hunger, but the hunger gratified by cooked meat eaten with
>a knife and fork
>is a different hunger from that which bolts down raw meat with the
>aid of hand, nail
>and tooth. Production thus produces not only the object but also the manner of
>consumption, not only objectively but also subjectively. Production
>thus creates the
>consumer.

Damn, there are times I read something from Marx and I'm just dazzled. Has anyone writing on "economics" even come close?

Doug



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