Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 08:16:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: Philip Goldstein <pgold-AT-strauss.udel.edu>
Subject: Re: Re[2]: marx/stalinism


	Those interested in historical accounts of Stalinism might like 
_The Stalin Phenomenon_, by Giuseppe Boffa. This book summarizes some 
eleven different explanations of Stalinism, including the argument that 
Stalin represents the triumph of Czarist tendencies. 
        I wish to welcome back Donna Jones. I hope that she won't count 
me among the enemies of the workingclass if I voice a philosophical 
objection to her analysis of Stalinism and/or State capitalism. I don't 
think that you get at the nature of these social systems by figuring out 
whose interests they serve. If the systems constitute the interests and 
the identities served by the system, the analysis 
seems circular. If the system does not constitute the identity of the 
interested parties, say, the petty bourgeoisie, the analysis seems too 
narrow.