> He discerns two tendencies in Marx. One is a so-called
> exoteric Marx, whom he sees as a theoretician of
> modernization, a dissident of political liberalism and
> a protagonist of the Enlightenment who wanted to
> perfect industrial labor society under the guidance of
> the proletariat. The other is a so-called esoteric
> Marx, who in his difficult-to-understand criticism of
> value production went beyond capitalist civilization.
> According to Jappe, only this second side of Marx can
> provide a fundamental comprehension of present-day
> reality and enable us to trace out its most remote
> roots.
Somehow, I imagine Dr Marx reading these words and laughing so hard he forgets his boils for a happy minute or two. "Who do you zink I am," he gasps, as soon as he catches his breath, "Leo fucking Strauss?"
-- --Michael J. Smith --mjs at smithbowen.net
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