[lbo-talk] "Theory's Empire," an anti-"Theory" anthology

[Carrol Cox]

I'm writing jumbled posts these days. It wasn't anything _in_ the tho
thought; it was the distinction itself between theory and thought;
Marxism-Leninism was held to be a _theory_ good for the whole epoch of
trevolution and transition to socialism in all nations, universally
applicable. The origin of the distinction may well have been quite
topical: the need to stay in good with the 3rd Internatioal while
following its own revolutionary strategy; or it may have been in an
opening  allowed, even forced, by some sepcial feature of Chinese
language. I don't think Marxism-Leninism is a universal theory, but the
Chinese were on to something I think in making the distinction.

Carrol

Doug Henwood wrote:
> 
> On May 28, 2008, at 1:57 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:
> 
> > Marxism-Leninism-MaoTHOUGHT
> 
> Could you please explain what you find valuable in "MaoTHOUGHT"? It's
> long struck me as juvenile, but I'd appreciate hearing an argument to
> the contrary.
> 
> Doug
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