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Fw: the Communist Manifesto: critique by George Snedeker 17 March 2002 16:12 UTC |
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the question of mediations is perhaps more interesting than the debate over weather capitalism exists. Marx studied its mediations in great detail. ----- Original Message ----- From: Boris Stremlin <bstremli@binghamton.edu> To: WORLD SYSTEMS NETWORK <wsn@csf.colorado.edu> Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 1:34 AM Subject: Re: the Communist Manifesto: critique > > At 12:10 PM -0600 16/3/02, Paul Gomberg wrote: > > > >When Marx and others denounced capitalism, the denunciation centered on a > > >communist vision, a world where human relationships would be unmediated > > >by money and markets, where production and human society generally would > > >be oriented toward the needs of the working class. Of course, it is > > >unfashionable to defend this vision now, but so what? > > Whether this was in fact Marx's vision is a matter of some debate. But > I'm curious about what exactly would mediate human relationships in the > society you envision. Or would there be no mediation at all, since > everyone would exist in immediate communion with everyone and everything? > > -- > Boris Stremlin > bstremli@binghamton.edu > >
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