From: Rakesh Bhandari (bhandari@BERKELEY.EDU)
Date: Tue Nov 13 2007 - 21:30:17 EST
>>So we have logical and historical dialectics but you seem to emphasize > ontological dialectics? > Yes. But they are not exclusive Yes as I responded to you offlist earlier today (and I think I am understanding your point of view): > > >By dialectics do you mean... > >1. the capitalist organism does not hold together like a (Cartesian) machine-- >the parts inner-act; at work within are incompatible systematic demands; >the organism, unlike a solid crystal, develops and changes as a result; >it brings about its own end through its own inner workings. > >2. due to this ontological dialectics, one cannot understand >capitalism through a Cartesian >reductionist method in which parts are given ontological primacy and >immanent contradiction >is (putatively) unthinkable. So the logic must be suited to the content. > >So is this in part what you mean by dialectical marxism? > >Rakesh > -- > Associate Professor Ian Hunt, > Dept of Philosophy, School of Humanities, > Director, Centre for Applied Philosophy, > Flinders University of SA, > Humanities Building, > Bedford Park, SA, 5042, > Ph: (08) 8201 2054 Fax: (08) 8201 2784 >
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