Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 09:05:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Chris M. Sciabarra" <sciabrrc-AT-is2.NYU.EDU>
Subject: Re: *Marx, Hayek, and Utopia*


On Sat, 24 Aug 1996, Gerald Levy wrote:
> Where's Chris S?
> 
> Jerry
	Here I am!  I wouldn't leave you people to your mischief!  :)

	Truth is, I've been very flattered that ANYONE here would want to
discuss the book substantively... and I think that the most could be
gained by a genuinely substantive discussion of the issues it raises.  My
political biases are known, and stated in the text... so maybe we can put
those issues to the side, and simply focus on what I do believe to be an
important dialogue between liberal and radical social theorists.  

	I should state, however, for the record, that I see my two current
books, MARX, HAYEK, AND UTOPIA (SUNY Press, 1995) and AYN RAND:  THE
RUSSIAN RADICAL (Penn State Press, 1995) as part of a trilogy; the final
book in the series will be a full-blown defense of dialectical social
theory that is more closely wedded to libertarian content than to Marxist
content.  But that shouldn't worry my colleagues here; I am also extremely
critical of the deep dualism in libertarian thought, especially in more
rationalistic approaches to libertarianism, and as you know, I've absorbed
quite a bit, methodologically, from Marxism, and my mentor, Bertell
Ollman.

	In any event, the third book in the series, TOTAL FREEDOM, has
only been partially written.  I expect to complete that manuscript
sometime in 1997 since my research won't be finished for about 2-3 months.

	Thanks very much for considering the book; I'll do my best to
comment on the issues as they are raised in the coming days (weeks?)... 

	One final note -- yes, a person can be for that ahistorical
abstraction, "the free market" (just as abstract as, say, pure
communism?), while being an anti-imperialist and for civil liberties.  And
I have a hunch that my understanding of imperialism, while not necessarily
caught up in the labor theory of value, is pretty close to some radical
types.  My views incorporate lessons from libertarian theorists, for sure,
but also from some of the finest left revisionists, like Kolko, William
Appleman Williams, James Weinstein, and others.  

	Take care!

				- Chris
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