tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post4789034915892814968..comments2024-03-28T15:48:11.151-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: S WALLERSTEIN ASKS AN INTERESTING QUESTIONRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-39809130001039175872016-05-06T06:00:54.686-04:002016-05-06T06:00:54.686-04:00Continuing this line of thought....
You say that ...Continuing this line of thought....<br /><br />You say that your "version" has not received a fair hearing "in the profession." In addition to this, the one book of yours that<br />seems to have created a "stir," as it were - and I'm just guessing of course - is your In Defense of Anarchism and if I remember<br />correctly it was a book that you rather quickly wrote.<br /><br />No doubt, the book suggested by S. Wallerstein would not demonstrate the depth of your scholarly abilities, but given the<br />audience you are creating with your blog/youtube activities, perhaps it is time to cross-over. And with your newly acquired<br />fame and fortune that would surely accrue, "the profession" might be then ready. Or not! But my guess is you could "knock out" this sort of book. You could even begin by doing each of the five chapters as a mini-tutorial for your blog. "In Defense of Marxism," "Why I Call Myself a Marxist,"....."What Bernie and the Talking Heads Need to Know"........!!!! Didn't Beethoven write fun type pieces in between his masterworks?Jerry Fresiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17566575038825699112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-32820615851578299112016-05-05T20:00:55.594-04:002016-05-05T20:00:55.594-04:00I also like S. Wallerstein's idea for a book v...I also like S. Wallerstein's idea for a book very much!tranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929844346857488333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-4559415264913472016-05-05T03:11:45.691-04:002016-05-05T03:11:45.691-04:00s. wallerstein.....great idea! "What You Al...s. wallerstein.....great idea! "What You Always Wanted to Know About Marx But Were Afraid to Ask"Jerry Fresiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17566575038825699112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-57859264601321761322016-05-04T16:52:18.645-04:002016-05-04T16:52:18.645-04:00Hysterical post. I feel like 4 is all too true of ...Hysterical post. I feel like 4 is all too true of myself.<br /><br />I may go further on 1, in that I also think I) Alienation exactly as Marx describes it is unequivocally true, and II) in general historical materialism is true.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250295324149056708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-41345466375555818212016-05-04T16:17:20.689-04:002016-05-04T16:17:20.689-04:00Professor Wolff,
Actually, if you're looking...Professor Wolff,<br /><br />Actually, if you're looking for a book which will reach a wider reading public, take those 5 points, expand each one to 30 pages (easy on the linear algebra), add an introduction with a bit of autobiography (the "which side are you on" story, etc.)<br />and you'll have a very readable, short introduction to what it means to be a Marxist.<br /><br />As you're writing, you'll probably come up with point 6 and point 7, so you'll have 200 pages or so, which suits the short attention span of most of us these days. s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-77773700229488334942016-05-04T15:59:18.142-04:002016-05-04T15:59:18.142-04:00Great answer. I liked the entire delineation. My g...Great answer. I liked the entire delineation. My guilty pleasure is number 4. If I were to add another, Marx explains much of my life, having been born into a working class family. And in addition to explanation, much of Marx's work, for me, provides direction. Jerry Fresiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17566575038825699112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-73583955187471958032016-05-04T14:47:55.624-04:002016-05-04T14:47:55.624-04:00Thank you.
Reason number 5 is very important beca...Thank you.<br /><br />Reason number 5 is very important because it creates a bridge to people like Liberation Theologians and to those like myself who come to socialism for ethical reasons, without having read much Marx. s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.com