Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 19:05:44 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Marxism and reductionism


On Wed, 31 Jul 1996, Philip Locker wrote:
> Genuine Marxism is not reductionist; it is monist.  It is monist in that in
> the LAST analisis, in the very abstract it attributes material factors only
> to be the driving force in history.

	I'd prefer to call it "asymmetric internality" (excuse the
neo-logism) rather than monist.  Monism is NOT dialectical.  Nevertheless,
your qualification of the "LAST" analysis is well taken.
					- Chris
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