>>> Doug Henwood
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But most of his writing was for the moment, wasn't it?
^^^ CB: I wouldn't say _The State and Revolution_ , _Materialism and Empirio-Criticism_, "Karl Marx" , _Imperialism_ , The Soviet Constitution , or articles on national liberation and self-determination were just for the moment, no. They had and have longer term significance. Then there is a sort of paradox of that very concrete attention serves as a model for concrete thinking in other concrete situations. This might be Carrol's "tone" idea, but it's more than tone, more like "method". His method is general even when his subject matter is concrete. No mystery here. He focuses on working class consciousness, class issues, the impact of class struggle, the role of Communists in the class struggle, in every which way. This is not irrelevant to America 2008. Even if the original terminology has been stigmatized by US anti-Communism and broadcasts with the original language would be sectarian, somebody should quietly make the Leninist analysis of our concrete situation.
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Very specific to time and place. Seems a lot of people want to pluck it out of context and turn it into timeless truth.
^^^^ CB: Not timeless, but truth for the whole epoch of capitalism and socialist revolution, which is more than momentary.
Same with Marx. As Sartre, says, Marxism is the philosophy of our times, the times of capitalism.
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And I say that as someone who admires Lenin. Hell, I've even got a pic
of him on the refrigerator.
Doug
^^^ CB: I bet he's wearing a three-piece suit. ___________________________________ http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk
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