[lbo-talk] The zen of marx (was clarification)

SA s11131978 at gmail.com
Tue Feb 16 14:56:43 PST 2010


Miles Jackson wrote:


> However, I can't imagine a society that "eliminates the independent of
> will phenomenon". All societies have social structures that exist
> prior to the individual and shape individual's lives above and beyond
> any personal choices. Examples: language, norms, economic mode of
> production. Getting rid of the technical division of labor simply
> means that other forms of social structure with different emergent
> properties would assert an independent effect on individuals' lives.

Very true.

SA



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