Re: capitalism's rejection: theoretical/empirical troubles or anti-eu

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On Mon, 18 Mar 2002,
Austin, Andrew wrote:

> Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 13:04:46 -0600
> From: "Austin, Andrew" <austina@uwgb.edu>
> To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu
> Subject: capitalism's rejection: theoretical/empirical troubles or anti-eu
> 
>       rocentrism
> 
> 
> Is the theory that capitalism is not a historical system based on
> theoretical/empirical troubles surrounding its existence or is it because
> historical materialism finds its origins in European society and this is
> troubling to the ideology of anti-eurocentrism?
> 
> If it is the former, I am unconvinced by the arguments. If it is the latter,
> then this is a puzzling position, since it would seem to assume that
> capitalism is a good thing and therefore wrongly credited to Europeans.
> 
> Andrew Austin
> Green Bay, WI
> 




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