[lbo-talk] Materialism, idealism, theory, practice, etc.

[Charles Brown]

On Materialism ( speaking of Mao), there are two levels of the
relationship between thought and being: "economics" and "physics". While
society remains in the Realm of Necessity , ruling classes control
masses by conditioning fulfillment of the _material_needs of the
exploited classes on the exploited classes ' producing surpluses for the
ruling , exploiting classes. The materialism (determinism by the
material) at this level derives from the coercive use of conditional
provision of material needs.  In all societies, including those in the
Realm of Freedom ( socialist, communist future and ancient) , all people
must , of course, "obey" the laws of physics, chemistry, biology,
physiology, objective reality etc. "physics",  in the general sense.

How do Foucault, Butler, and other Post-moderns differ with these
materialist principles ?

Charles

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