From: glevy@PRATT.EDU
Date: Tue May 13 2003 - 11:21:48 EDT
(was "Re: value and labour") Andy wrote on Tuesday, May 13: > I agree Sraffa is a genius to be taken extremely seriously. By all means, let's take Sraffa's writings seriously. But, a "genius"? How so? "Genius", like "hero", is one of those words that has become, imo, too generally used to describe exceptional people or actions. Perhaps Marx was a genius ... I'm not sure. I can't think of any figures in the history of political economy who could be described accurately as a genius. Can you or others on the list think of a "genius" in the history of political economy and economics? There were certainly some serious intellectuals and scholars in the history of Marxism (Lenin, Trotsky, Luxemburg, Gramsci come to mind), but I don't really think they were geniuses. Is there any Marxist since Marx who could fairly be described as being a genius? In solidarity, Jerry
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