tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post3316328511036772481..comments2024-03-28T12:50:25.792-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: THE MANIFESTORobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-83990038634852935702015-01-18T09:48:54.298-05:002015-01-18T09:48:54.298-05:00Interesting, it was, Magpie. Thanks.Interesting, it was, Magpie. Thanks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14133340836275124293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-50854250031521561212015-01-17T13:41:00.731-05:002015-01-17T13:41:00.731-05:00Ah, Professor Richter, you are fortunate in your s...Ah, Professor Richter, you are fortunate in your students. We shall see in time whether I can say the same for mine. I hope so!Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-55572846322282960322015-01-17T12:49:28.601-05:002015-01-17T12:49:28.601-05:00I find it a joy to teach "The Communist Manif...I find it a joy to teach "The Communist Manifesto" to my young students. Of course, I teach in liberal Seattle, where youthful rebellion often comes in the form of trying to figure out how they can get to the left of their parents. Let's just say that I normally have classes of very receptive students who are excited by ideas. The debate club is especially a bastion of socialism at my school.<br /><br />My students also enjoy reading from Engels' "The Condition of the Working-class in England." Last week my students made the connection between the English class system and the disaster of the British assault at the Somme in WWI. That is when teaching is really fun.<br /><br />One other anecdote. In my philosophy class, we have a Brazilian exchange student, and I somehow got on to the topic of Paulo Freire, whom I studied a little bit in graduate school. One of my debate-team students piped up and said, "Oh yes, we use his 'Pedagogy of the Oppressed' in debate."Ludwig Richterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17145442092958521609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-26815452153425084062015-01-17T12:46:42.304-05:002015-01-17T12:46:42.304-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ludwig Richterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17145442092958521609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-13469567261651804292015-01-16T15:29:22.555-05:002015-01-16T15:29:22.555-05:00"The executive of the modern state is but a c..."The executive of the modern state is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie."<br /><br />This is indeed a very interesting point and one where, in my opinion, many (both on the left and right) assume extremely simplistic interpretations.<br /><br />You may find this article by Wolfgang Streeck interesting:<br /><br />The Crises of Democratic Capitalism (New Left Review 71, September-October 2011)<br />http://newleftreview.org/II/71/wolfgang-streeck-the-crises-of-democratic-capitalism<br /><br />I am not sure whether Streeck is a Marxist at all (and I suppose depending on which kind of Marxist one is different things could strike as wrong), but overall I think it's a thoughtful analysis. Well worth any spare time.Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07528637318288802178noreply@blogger.com