[lbo-talk] compare and contrast

123hop at comcast.net 123hop at comcast.net
Mon Apr 16 21:42:17 PDT 2012


But you don't make interpretive arguments. 99% of the time you just string quotations together.

Joanna

----- Original Message ----- Joanna wrote:


> I wonder what life form Marx would have assigned to those who are unable to communicate except through quotations from Marx.
>
> It is both irritating and profoundly depressing.

The texts I quote are a necessary part of the interpretive arguments I'm making.

The arguments can't be communicated without them.

As for Marx, I assume he would expect readers to make a serious attempt to understand what he meant. How else could they manage to determine if what he meant was true?

Ted

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