From: Paul Cockshott (wpc@DCS.GLA.AC.UK)
Date: Tue Oct 04 2005 - 16:12:02 EDT
Is not the notion of the vampire itself just a literary reflection of finance capital. Are not the monster of Dr Frankenstein and the vampire Dracula just dramatisations of the the contending class of Victorian Britain. -----Original Message----- From: OPE-L on behalf of Gerald_A_Levy@MSN.COM Sent: Tue 10/4/2005 6:39 PM To: OPE-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU Subject: Re: [OPE-L] Was Marx afraid of Ghosts? Re: [OPE-L] Was Marx afraid of Ghosts?> No, Jerry, I think Marx believed in ghosts, and especially vampires. Riccardo: Well, I don't believe in ghosts or vampires, do you? > Definitely these are NOT metaphors. Perhaps it would be better to say that they are *literary allusions*? > It is what is materially going on in this very special social reality. These references should be interpreted as "ghost-like" or "vampire-like." We should not interpret his references to ghosts, vampires, and possession too literally. Marx was entitled -- like all authors -- to some artistic and creative liberties in his writing, wasn't he? I'm certainly happy that his writing style was far more *expressive* than that of, say, Ricardo or Sraffa. in solidarity, Jerry
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