Re: [OPE] Marx and Darwin: A Myth Exposed

From: Michael Perelman (michael@ecst.csuchico.edu)
Date: Mon Mar 03 2008 - 12:55:37 EST


Fay, Margaret. 1978. "Did Marx Offer to Dedicate  Capital  to Darwin?"  Journal of 
the History of Ideas , Vol. 39, No. 1, (January-February): pp. 133-46.
also in monthly review.
On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 12:17:56PM -0500, David Laibman wrote:
> Hey, I'm glad to have one of my old myths debunked.  But it says something, 
> doesn't it, that a group calling itself "Friends of Charles Darwin" would 
> be anxious to bust this particular myth!  From my point of view, any *true* 
> friend of Darwin would be sorry to see it go!
>   In solidarity,
>      David
>
>
> Gerald Levy wrote:
>> The following page - written by the "Friends of Charles Darwin" -
>> exposes as myth the belief  that Marx asked Darwin if he could
>> dedicate  _Capital_ to him.  Edward Aveling, it seems, asked
>> Darwin (who declined the offer) if he could dedicate
>> _The Student's Darwin_ to him.  Somehow that got twisted into the
>> myth about Marx.
>>  <http://darwin.gruts.com/articles/2000/marx/>
>>   Perhaps there should be a link to this at the "Marx Myth and Legends"
>> <http://marxmyths.org/index.php>  site?
>>  btw, are any Marxians planning events to commemorate the
>> 200th birthday of Darwin on February 12, 2009?
>>  In solidarity, Jerry
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