Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 02:32:11 -0800
From: djones-AT-uclink.berkeley.edu (rakesh bhandari)
Subject: Re: M-I: Pannekoek: Lenin as Philosopher


Here's another super-bibliographically informed reply.

Chris noted:
>
>The edition is by Merlin Press, London, 1975 and contains
>a 2 1/2 page introduction plus a 12 page biography of
>Pannekoek by Paul Mattick.

While the biography is Mattick's, the review is wrongly attributed to him
by Merlin Press--it was written by Korsch, I believe.

By the way, there is a new bio about Noam Chomsky in which it is recounted
that he spent his teenage years reading *Living Marxism* in which
Pannekoek's, Korsch's, Mattick's, etc. essays appeared in the late 30s and
early 40s. Chomsky makes some smart comment about Pannekoek's *Lenin as
Philosopher* being as worthwhile a project as something like *Jeane Dixon
as Scientist* (Dixon being America's favorite astrologer).

Looking over this remarkable book, I gladly offer my daily posts for its
reproduction.

All the best,
Rakesh




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