Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 01:00:26 +1000 From: rws-AT-comserver.canberra.edu.au (Rob Schaap) Subject: M-I: Determination: 1st and last instance First a note to this list's patient moderators. For purely selfish reasons, I am assuming that the midnight hour *here* constitutes the all-important moment at which 3 new posts are allowable ... Something I've always wanted to know: Gary said something the other day about the base being determinant 'in the last instance'. Am I right in assuming that (a) determination 'in the first instance' means every superstructural development is a direct consequence of the base (ie. something that could not help but occur in light of the contemporary materially productive mode) and (b) determination 'in the last instance' means there is a degree of autonomy in the superstructure, but all human agency occurs within boundaries set by the base at any given moment? Thanks in advance, Rob. --- from list marxism-international-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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