From: glevy@PRATT.EDU
Date: Tue Nov 15 2005 - 07:28:16 EST
---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: re: Marx on chance in history From: "mikus" <idlehandsdistro@yahoo.com> Date: Tue, November 15, 2005 1:10 am To: glevy@pratt.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry, I am not a member of OPE-L although I do follow the discussion. The quote being referred to is in a letter of Marx to Dr. Kugelmann, April 17, 1871, referring to the Paris Commune. This letter is reprinted in most versions of The Civil War in France. "World history would indeed be very easy to make, if the struggle were taken up only on condition of infallibly favourable chances. It would, on the other hand, be of a very mystical nature, if "accidents" played no part." There are other translations that may be more similar to the one from Castoriadis. Regards, Mike On aut-op-sy, someone noticed the following quote from "The Marxist Philosophy of History" by Cornelius Castoriadis: "Marx says somewhere that 'if there was no element of chance, history would be magic'" and asked: > Q: Did Marx ever write this? If he did, could anyone > tell me where he wrote it? Does anyone here know the answer to the 2 questions? If anyone can come up with answers then I can forward them to that list. In solidarity, Jerry
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