File spoon-archives/marxism.archive/marxism_1994/marxism_15-28Aug.94, message 43


Date: Tue, 16 Aug 1994 20:11:10 -0400
From: "colin s. cavell" <cscpo-AT-polsci.umass.edu>
Subject: Re: where's the contradiction, Mr. Cavell?



>Date: Tue, 16 Aug 1994 17:33:07 -0400 (EDT)
>From: EBERT-AT-newschool.edu
>Subject: where's the contradiction, Mr. Cavell
>
>Dear Colin:
>
>I don't mind to be referred to as potentially nuts, but I think its 
>mean of you to say "there appears to be a contradiction with regards 
>to certain of your beliefs."  
>
>What beliefs are you referring to?  
>
>That I find potential in J. Elster's work (his interpretation of 
>Marx) on "self realization"... 
>yet that also my interest in marxism pertains to his (Marx's) 
>philosophical questions - meaning that you think Elster's a schumuck 
>(sp?) and has succeeded in doing nothing but detract from the "major 
>contribution" of Marx, ie. LTV, class, ...?  If this is indeed the 
>case then I apologize from calling you mean.  That's very helpful and 
>I would consider any comments pertaining thereto.
>
>But the bottem line is this.  I've just spent the last 20minutes 
>responding when I could have been writting my paper!  Okay, so maybe 
>I'm parinoid (sp?) that I can't pull this together in 3 weeks.  In 
>any case maybe It would be useful to stay plugged in - to share in 
>more detail my ideas and to receive CONSTRUCTIVE feedback.
>
>Sincerely Yours,
>
>
>Laura  


Laura,

    It is with regard to your first scenario wherein I find a possible
contradiction, with the one exception being that it was YOU who stated
that Elster was a "scoundral" (sic).  I disagree with his dry non-dialectical
approach, but do not know him enough to refer to him as a scoundrel or
as a "schumuck" (sic).  [I can repost your original posting if you'd like.]
    Now, whether it is a contradiction to find something useful in one's
work even though you feel that person is a scoundrel may be open to
question, although, at the very least, it appears to be problematic.
    Good luck on your paper.

                                                regards,

                                                 colin


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Colin S. Cavell
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