Re: Capital is wrong (fwd)

I would tend to agree with this except that George's point was a
methodological one.

Andy

On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, Carl Dassbach wrote:

>I've noticed that the same topics keep appearing on discussion lists every
>few months but with different sets of discussants. "Capital/Marx" is wrong
>is a good example.
>
>As I have already written, quoting the Lukacs' essay "What is Orthodox
>Marxism" - it is immaterial and unimportant is Capital is "right or wrong" 
>-
>this is a scholastic debate on the order of debating how many angels can 
>fit
>on the head of a pin.
>
>What is important is that the "method discovered by Marx" historical and
>dialectical materialism be used to refine, broaden and deepen our
>understanding of the world,  that this knoweldge becomes the basis for
>activity or practice and that our  knoweldge is modified based upon the
>outcomes or consequences of our activity/practice(the latter two points 
>are,
>of course,  the Marxian theory of praxis (as ennuciated in the Theses on
>Feurbach.)
>
>