tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post7043496966096842087..comments2023-10-24T11:03:41.388-05:00Comments on ladypoverty: More about dictatorshipsJ.R. Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076895859826581960noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-66487608025277366042010-10-11T21:25:28.951-05:002010-10-11T21:25:28.951-05:00Thanks for the linkage.
Great stuff Jack!Thanks for the linkage.<br /><br />Great stuff Jack!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-10235849389108843102010-10-10T15:55:28.524-05:002010-10-10T15:55:28.524-05:00i'd also like to give thanks
killer breakdowni'd also like to give thanks<br />killer breakdownAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-41218864593783248032010-10-09T16:02:43.963-05:002010-10-09T16:02:43.963-05:00Yes -- that was a nice touch.
Thanks for the brea...Yes -- that was a nice touch.<br /><br />Thanks for the breakdown. Very interesting.JRBhttp://ladypoverty.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-27426601845961912722010-10-09T15:32:57.404-05:002010-10-09T15:32:57.404-05:00Heh. Funny typo - substituting "profit" ...Heh. Funny typo - substituting "profit" for "prophet." Too many layers of meaning there, eh?Jack Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-62771145739635727572010-10-09T15:31:42.151-05:002010-10-09T15:31:42.151-05:00As briefly as possible, JRB:
Marx leaves things o...As briefly as possible, JRB:<br /><br />Marx leaves things open. He's ambiguous. Even in the segment entitled "Wages, Prices and Profit" - which is a fairly clear explanation of his theory of price - Marx spends the majority of the speech/text demonstrating that prior certainties are anything but. <br /><br />Marx's thrust is towards the human, on the human scale - despite the vastness of the territory he surveyed. He sees this whole edifice of economic inquiry as a means of liberating persons, as persons. His argument, of course, has some of the baggage of the age, especially the Cartesian scientism. <br /><br />But he's nothing like Engels, who demands certainty of the future, and finds it the most ancient, traditional and corrosive of muses - mysticism. <br /><br />Which is not to suggest that their analytical tools were wildly divergent, or that they didn't collaborate or share goals. <br /><br />But, Marx is comfortable with uncertainty. Like Darwin, who could tell in clear language where his inquiry failed, and where the gaps who could see in his own argument existed. <br /><br />Engels, not so much. Engels turns Marx into the profit of a fixed, scientific future. The alteration is a matter of tone, and belief.<br /><br />Marx analyzes. Engels - and his subsequent apostles - prophecies.<br /><br />Respect,<br /><br />JackJack Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-25370598211091073972010-10-09T14:43:44.677-05:002010-10-09T14:43:44.677-05:00I've always found your take on Engels interest...I've always found your take on Engels interesting. I don't know much about him myself.<br /><br />Given the nature of their relationship, I'm skeptical that Engels would be so far from Marx as to totally transform his meanings. <br /><br />But I don't anything about that subject specifically. What I've read by him seemed sound.JRBhttp://ladypoverty.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-74489356244565980722010-10-09T14:10:50.783-05:002010-10-09T14:10:50.783-05:00Marx, as redacted by Engels? Yes, absolutely. The ...Marx, as redacted by Engels? Yes, absolutely. The Engelism - esp. the tyranny in an ideology that is Dialectical Materialism - that Lenin developed into democratic centralism?<br /><br />Yes.Jack Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.com