[lbo-talk] Political Action &/or Revolution was State andCapitalism

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Wed Mar 12 22:07:58 PDT 2008


Ted Winslow wrote:
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> I don't think this is true of the kind of revolution Marx himself has
> in mind. Though this doesn't require that individuals be converted to
> Marxism or even be aware of Marx, it does require that they share the
> same ends and engage in a kind of praxis that will actually enable
> them to realize them.

Marx's views on revolution as well as his views on rationality are of great interest -- but they are simply the particular thoughts of a great thinker, and they do not carry the weight that his critique of political economy does. Hist early mss. are endlessly suggestive but never wholly persuasive.

Carrol



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