Subject: [OPE-L:1649] RE: Callinicos
A.B.Trigg@open.ac.uk
Date: Mon Nov 08 1999 - 07:36:18 EST
Jurriaan.
Thanks for this. I will track this down and give you a response. I think
you are right not to refer to yourself as a Trotskyist, particularly since
it is so often used as a term of abuse. I do think though that it is
important to establish the history of the 'Trotskyist' tradition, since it
has had such a powerful impact on the development of Marxist ideas - which
is why your work on Mandel is so important, and why I raised the Callinicos
book as a possible contribution.
M.thanks.
Andrew.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jurriaan Bendien [SMTP:djjb99@worldonline.nl]
> Sent: 07 November 1999 22:43
> To: ope-l@galaxy.csuchico.edu
> Subject: [OPE-L:1646] Callinicos
>
> This is a message for Andrew Trigg.
>
> Andrew, I thought about Callinicos on Trotskyism some more in a spare
> moment, and I tracked down a review of that book which makes interesting
> points about method. That is why I recommend it.
>
> See: Paul Clarke, "Science and style". in: International Marxist Review
> (Presse-Edition-Communication, Montreuil, Paris), No. 13 (Vol. 5, No. 4),
> Spring 1992, pp. 127-143.
>
> The review is from a pro-Trotskyist point of view. Personally I have never
> called myself a Trotskyist, only a Marxist, and now I just call myself a
> socialist. I think Trotskyism made very substantive contributions to
> Marxism, in theory and practice, which should be preserved, but I
> personally think Trotskyism as such is finished. We should get back after
> the demise of Stalinism to what Trotsky was really interested in, the
> problem of the transition to socialism such as it presents itself in our
> time, and try to unite the international socialist/communist movement with>moment, and I tracked down a review of that book which makes interesting
>points about method. That is why I recommend it.
>
>See: Paul Clarke, "Science and style". in: International Marxist Review
>(Presse-Edition-Communication, Montreuil, Paris), No. 13 (Vol. 5, No. 4),
>Spring 1992, pp. 127-143.
>
>The review is from a pro-Trotskyist point of view. Personally I have never
>called myself a Trotskyist, only a Marxist, and now I just call myself a
>socialist. I think Trotskyism made very substantive contributions to
>Marxism, in theory and practice, which should be preserved, but I
>personally think Trotskyism as such is finished. We should get back after
>the demise of Stalinism to what Trotsky was really interested in, the
>problem of the transition to socialism such as it presents itself in our
>time, and try to unite the international socialist/communist movement with
>that goal in mind, as much as possible. We need a productive
>cross-fertilisation of ideas and experiences without silly sectarian games.
> Many comrades and friends of mine do not think quite the same way, but
>that doesn't matter, if we can still work together.
>
>In solidarity
>
>Jurriaan
P. S. Please note that I have a new Email address,
<cjarthur@waitrose.com>
but the old one will also run until next summer. (To be doubly sure load both!)
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