Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 20:59:01 -0500 (EST)
From: Gerald Levy <glevy-AT-pratt.edu>
Subject: Re: M-TH: marxian, marxist, and the LTV


Justin Schwartz wrote:

> The LTV plyas no significant role in the
> the thought of:
>
> Lenin    -- he my have adhered to a disproportionality theory of crisis,
              but it was rooted in his understanding of value.
> Trotsky  -- ditto plus his explanation of long waves was tied to value.
> Bernstein -- who cares?
> Luxemburg -- I think that you (+ Robinson) are just mistaken about this.
> Gramsci  -- didn't really write on political economy at all.
> Lukacs  -- ditto
> Korsch -- ditto
> Althusser -- yes, value represented too many "hegelianisms" for him.
> Sartre -- didn't really write on political economy.
> Habermas -- ditto
> G.A. Cohen -- yeah, well, his conception of historical materialism is
                 rather strange as well.

Jerry



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