Tuesday, September 8, 2015

THE SESQUICENTENNIAL OF DAS KAPITAL

Capital was published in 1867, so we are two years away from the sesquicentennial of its appearance [the whole point of this post is to allow me to use the word sesquicentennial, for which there is very little call usually.]  Clearly, a celebration is called for.  Has anyone heard about plans for same?
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3 comments:

  1. Warren GoldfarbSeptember 8, 2015 at 3:59 PM

    I learned the word "sesquicentennial" when I was 10, because 1959 was the sesquicentennial of Lincoln's birth. We celebrated it, in my elementary school, with a pageant in which I played Sumner or maybe Seward. Also, that was the year that the one-cent coin changed its design on the reverse to put the Lincoln Memorial there. (Sorry, this comment is not about Marx at all.)

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  2. Robert Paul WolffSeptember 8, 2015 at 5:31 PM

    That's ok. Any legitimate use of "sesquicentennial" is to be praised. :)

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  3. Ian J. Seda IrizarrySeptember 8, 2015 at 10:45 PM

    Don't forget, also 100 anniversary of Russia 1917 :-)

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