File spoon-archives/marxism.archive/marxism_1994/marxism_15-28Aug.94, message 29


Date: Tue, 16 Aug 1994 11:28:45 -0400
From: "colin s. cavell" <cscpo-AT-polsci.umass.edu>
Subject: Re: Help!



On Mon, 15 Aug 1994 at 13:33:30 -0400 (EDT)
Laura Ebert (EBERT-AT-newschool.edu) wrote:

>but also at this point my interest in marxism pertains 
>specifically to philosophical questions raised by the man himself -  
>vis-a-vis the scoundral Jon Elster, the analytical marxist.

but at the end of the posting Laura writes:

>...In short, I find some potential in Elster's 
>work on "self-realization" and will explore the 
>possibility of applying his standard...to household labor.
>
>Since I haven't actually written the paper I'm going to sign off in a 
>couple of days for a month or so.  However, until then if anyone 
>thinks I'm complete nuts or whatever! write!


Laura,
   I would not at this point describe you as "nuts," but there does appear
to be a contradiction with regards to certain of your beliefs.

                                                Regards,

                                                 colin


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