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Crick and Marx
Edward the Bonobo - Gone. Started conversation Apr 13, 2012
I don't think Marx was specifying a unified society. In fact - I don't think he had a vision for what the future would look like. How could he know? All he knew was life under Capitalism. It's up to people of the future to work out how to organise their lives - free of the limits that Capitalism currently imposes.
Have you read 'Why Marx Was Right' by Terry Eagleton? He's good on this.
Crick and Marx
U14993989 Posted Apr 13, 2012
Hi, I'll get back to you on this. I think Crick wasn't happy with Marx's and Engels Communist Manisfesto, the concept of rushing into action / revolution , and the concept of a final natural state / society. Crick was a defender of politics and I think Marx final society is supposedly an end to politics. Anyway I'll think about your comment and get back to you. I haven't read Eagleton and I haven't read the original Marx (I have read mostly secondary sources and quotes).
Crick and Marx
Edward the Bonobo - Gone. Posted Apr 13, 2012
*The* best book I've ever read on Marx and Engels is:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Frock-Coated-Communist-Revolutionary-Friedrich/dp/0141021403
I *don't* see Marx as assuming The End of Politics - although I admit he was sometimes his own worst enemy in terms of lack of clarity.
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