On Sat, 25 May 2002, paul bullock wrote: > Fred, > > the nearest I know is Grossmans 'Die Wert-Preis-Transformation bei Marx un > das Kriesenproblem'... 1932... ( Leipzig .. Zeitschrift fur Sozialforschung) > reprimted Archiv sozialtstischer literatur 20 Frank furt 1971. > > But since not even the great man's book has been fully translated into > English the articles have had even less chance. > > Will someone please volunteer to do some translations? > > Cheers > > Paul B. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fred B. Moseley" <fmoseley@mtholyoke.edu> > To: <glevy@pop-b.pratt.edu> > Cc: <ope-l@galaxy.csuchico.edu> > Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 2:25 PM > Subject: [OPE-L:7259] Re: Re: interpreting Marx's texts (was: hermeneutics) > (fwd) > > > > > > This is a reply to Jerry's 7254. Jerry, thanks again. > > > > > > > Haven't many Marxists been attempting to use Marx's theory in the last > > > one hundred plus years since the 'controversy' began? I think you would > > > agree e.g. that Henryk Grossmann and Paul Mattick Sr. attempted to do > > > that even though they didn't share your perspective on "givens" in > > > Marx's theory. Didn't they understand the essential nature of > > > capitalism while still having a different interpretation of the > > > transformation? > > > > This is an interesting question about Grossmann and Mattick. I would > > say, yes, they understood the essential nature of capitalism as > > exploitation. But I don't think they provided satisfactory answers to the > > criticism of a logical contradiction in Marx's theory. At least not > > Mattick. I don't know about Grossmann, but I have never read anything > > about Grossmann's interpretation of prices of production. (Rakesh, can > > you help us? Is there a response to Bortkiewitz?) Hi Paul, Yes, it really is a shame that Grossmann's major works have not yet been translated into English (and Spanish and other languages) - and further evidence of the very underdeveloped state of Marxian scholarship. It would be great if someone could take this on as a project. Comradely, Fred
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Sun Jun 02 2002 - 00:00:08 EDT