Fw: the Communist Manifesto: critique

the question of mediations is perhaps more interesting than the debate over
weather capitalism exists. Marx studied its mediations in great detail.
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From: Boris Stremlin <bstremli@binghamton.edu>
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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
>
>