[lbo-talk] a poe moe and da poe moes

[wrobert at uci.edu]

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> wrobert
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> Foucault is obviously in touch with this mode of thinking and is a
> historical materialist (although perhaps not a Marxist)
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> ^^^
> CB: Aren't "historical materialist "and "Marxist" the same  ?  What
> would such an "historical materialist" disagree with Marxism about ?
> ^^^^

My view is that marxism is a form of historical materialism, but one
doesn't have to be marxist to be a historical materialist.  Two examples
that come to mind are the annales school and the world systems theorists. 
Coincidentally, these folks (as well as Foucault) all seriously engage
with Marx, and I'm not sure that it is possible to be historical
materialist without this engagement. robert wood