[net.politics.theory] Carnes Quotes Engels

mck@ratex.UUCP (Daniel Kian Mc Kiernan) (04/10/85)

In Mr Carnes's latest entry on Marxist Dialectic, he presents a lengthy
quotation of *Anti-Duhring* in which Engels does not explicitly endorse
the views which I have claimed that he held.  Such quotation does not
refute my assertion.  One can produce lengthy quotations of Aristoteles
in which he does not explicitly endorse teleology, and lengthy quoations of
Ayn Rand in which she does not explicitly endorse Egoism.

By the way, I tend to agree with those who note important distinction
between the views of Engels and those of Marx. just as there are important
distinctions between the views of Jesus and those of the Apostles.  But
just as 'Christianity' refers to doctrines not endorsed by Jesus, 'Marxism'
refers to doctrines not endorsed by Marx.  It's not great nomenclature, but
we're sort of stuck with it (for the time being).

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