Date: Wed, 28 Dec 1994 15:36:28 -0500 From: Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters <quilty-AT-philos.umass.edu> Subject: Re: THE GERMAN IDEOLOGY *}>From Althusser in France, to Raymond Williams and Stuart Hall in *}>the UK, to Frederic Jameson and the RETHINKING MARXISM group *}Do all of these people engage in explicit analysis of THE GERMAN *}IDEOLOGY, ie. this book, not just ideology in general? AFAIK most of the people Rick Wolff mentions don't focus on an exegesis of _The German Ideology_ in particular, but rather take various positions interpreting the meanings of "Ideology" which indirectly come out of that book. Another work I would recommend in roughly that light is a doctoral dissertation by a friend of mine, named Phil Cox, who did his dissertation at my school (UMass, about six years ago). Unfortunately, I don't think he's attempted (or at least not succeeded) in having it published; although I think dissertations can be obtained on microfische. Anyway, Cox traces the evolution of the concept 'Ideology' in Marx's works, starting with _The German Ideology_ and tracing the changing meaning through the later works (_Grundrisse_, etc). While the general point is more along the lines the Wolff zmentions about the changing meanings of the concept, there is some quite good specific exegesis of _The German Ideology_, and the meanings that Marx has in calling Stirner, Bauer, etc "ideologues". Actually, it's a real shame it's not published, since it's one of the best things I've read on Marx's concept(s) of ideology. Yours, Lulu... quilty-AT- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/ THIS MESSAGE WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY:_/_/_/_/_/ v i philos. _/_/ Postmodern Enterprises _/_/ s r umass. _/_/ MAKERS OF CHAOS.... _/_/ i u edu _/_/_/_/_/ LOOK FOR IT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR YOU_/_/_/_/_/_/ g s ------------------
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