From: Christopher Arthur (arthurcj@WAITROSE.COM)
Date: Sun Apr 15 2007 - 10:07:23 EDT
see Patrick Murray's book CA 17 Bristol Road Brighton BN2 1AP On 11 Apr 2007, at 19:22, Dogan Goecmen wrote: > In *Marxism and Philosophy* Karl Korsch says Marxian critique of > political economy is at the same time a deeper critique of philosophy > than was in early Marxian writings. How can we make a sense of this? > > Thanks for replies > > Dogan > > http://www.marx.org/archive/korsch/1923/marxism-philosophy.htm > > "A radical critique of bourgeois society can no longer start from > ‘any’ form of theoretical or practical consciousness whatever, as Marx > thought as late as 1843. It must start from the particular forms of > consciousness which have found their scientific expression in the > political economy of bourgeois society. Consequently the critique of > political economy is theoretically and practically the first priority. > Yet even this deeper and more radical version of Marx’s revolutionary > critique of society never ceases to be a critique of the whole of > bourgeois society and so of all its forms of consciousness. It may > seem as if Marx and Engels were later to criticise philosophy only in > an occasional and haphazard manner. In fact, far from neglecting the > subject, they actually developed their critique of it in a more > profound and radical direction. For proof, it is only necessary to > re-establish the full revolutionary meaning of Marx’s critique of > political economy, as against certain mistaken ideas about it which > are common today. This may also serve to clarify both its place in the > whole system of Marx’s critique of society, and its relation to his > critique of ideologies like philosophy." > Kostenlos: AOL eMail > 2 GB Speicherplatz sowie erstklassiger Spam- und eMail Virenschutz. > Sichern Sie sich Ihre persönliche eMail Adresse noch heute! >
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