Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 13:27:04 -0500 (EST)
From: "Chris M. Sciabarra" <sciabrrc-AT-is2.NYU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Shawgi on Eric Fromm


On Wed, 29 Nov 1995 V600A8E6-AT-ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu wrote:

> Chris, I'm not so sure about what you say. As you may know, anarchists 
> come in many stripes.  And I still have not seen any serious class 
> analysis from these guys (e.g., Nozick).
> Shawgi Tell
> University at Buffalo
> Graduate School of Education
> V600A8E6-AT-UBVMS.CC.BUFALO.EDU

Well Shawgi, I don't want to open up a can of worms, but at least let me 
very briefly indicate what I'm talking about.  First of all, you are very 
correct:  anarchists DO come in many stripes.  But I do think that what 
theoretical anarchists have in common is an emphasis on the political 
dimension as the primary ingredient in the formation of classes.  Rudolph 
Rocker on the left and Murray Rothbard on the right have put forth 
similar analyses of how the state creates differential privileges that 
are structurally biased in favor of certain groups, and that these 
privileges themselves are the basis of the formation of structural 
classes, rather than say, any primarily economic dimension.  Of course, 
the dialectical answer to this is that there are political AND economic 
dimensions to class formation -- but the really interesting question is 
WHAT factor is primary, even as one notes that there is an 
interpenetration between the factors.  Marxists typically emphasize the 
economic dimension as primary, while recognizing the political 
ingredients, while anarchists have that formula reversed.

				- Chris
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