[lbo-talk] "Oigin as Essence" - profoundly ahistorical

[Sean Andrews]

Agreed.  It is a very well written book and, while I am sure there are
ideas or concepts to disagree with, overall, /Deb/t is very nuanced in
its use of history and comparative method.  Well worth any time you
spend reading it.

s

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 12:00,  <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
> Graeber is one of the more nuanced thinkers and best writers I've run across in a long time.
>
> I wish people would not jump to conclusions based on hearsay or half-read books.
>
> Joanna
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> Marx of course reject this premise unqualigiedly, and that rejection is
> fundfamental to all his thought. If Graeber does believe this, then it marks
> a near total gap between his sense of history and Marx's.
>
> On this showing, Keynes & Graeber are seriously ahistorical from  Marxist
> perspective.
>
> Carrrol
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