Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 17:02:32 +1000
From: Gary MacLennan <g.maclennan-AT-qut.edu.au>
Subject: BHA: The Primacy of class- urgent


In DPF p333 (I think) Bhaskar accuses Marx of being 'fixated' on the
labour-capital relationsip.

In Essentials Readings Andrew Collier complains of the overgeneralisation
of the master-slave dialectic.  He says that we are in danger of losing
sight of what Marx taught us i.e. the importance of class.  

So there are shades of opinion within CR as to whether class is primary.
Bhaskar's liberterian socialism prevents him from taking this positon, but
as an old closetted Leninist it would tear my heart out to renounce the
primacy of class.

However what is driving me crazy is that I have a clear memory of Bhaskar
saying somewhere something like "arguably the capital-labour relation is
the most important".  However I canna find it.

Does any one know of this quote and could direct me to it?

Regards

Gary


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