I wrote a short obit for Jerry Cohen for MRZine. See: http://www.monthlyreview.org/mrzine/farmelant080809.html
And there were several good newspaper obits for him too: http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/cultural-capital/2009/08/ga-cohen-death-equality
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6790514.ece http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/10/ga-cohen-obituary http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/professor-jerry-cohen-maverick-philosopher-who-subjected-marxism-to-the-rigours-of-analytical-philosophy-1770667.html
Jim Farmelant
---------- Original Message ---------- From: "James Heartfield" <Heartfield at blueyonder.co.uk> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Subject: [lbo-talk] Conservatism Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:43:50 +0100
Jim, citing Ruth Bevan's (thanks for the reference) argument - "a closer resemblance between Marx's thought and Burke's, despite the fact Marx was quite scornful of Burke". I wonder if Marx's coinage 'Dictatorship of the Proletariat' was a joke on Burke's nightmare vision of democracy as 'The despotism of the multitude'
Great shame about Jerry Cohen, by the way. ___________________________________ http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk
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