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 >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ope mailing list >> ope@lists.csuchico.edu >> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/ope >> > _______________________________________________ > ope mailing list > ope@lists.csuchico.edu > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/ope -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ ope mailing list ope@lists.csuchico.edu https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/ope
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