Subject: Fw: The dialectic, was Re: M-I: Marx on Ireland From: Lew <Lew-AT-dialogues.demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 11:23:49 +0000 Forwarded by Liam R.Flynn <liam-AT-stones.com> ---------------- Original message follows ---------------- From: Lew <Lew-AT-dialogues.demon.co.uk> To: marxism-international-AT-jefferson.village.Virginia.EDU Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 11:23:49 +0000 Subject: The dialectic, was Re: M-I: Marx on Ireland -- We need to be careful and distinguish between dialectical contradiction and just plain contradiction. Just who are "the oppressed"? If it said that it is the nation oppressed by another nation, then the class perspective is lost. Marxism explains how workers are exploited and unfree, not as particular nationalities, but as members of a class. To be in an "oppressed minority" at all it is usually necessary to belong to the majority class in society, the working class. From this perspective, identifying with the working class across borders provides a rational basis for political action. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< "distinguish between",yes agreed.The Soviet historian Pokrovsky has pointed out,"that we understand the objective factors of a revolution....and not in fickle psychic process,that one should see the motive forces of a revolution."Pokrovsky warns against,"the worthlessness of that vulgarly economic interpretation of history which is frequently given out for Marxism. --- from list marxism-international-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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