Re: [Marxism] Anybody But Bismarck?

[Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>]

This topic was debated at huge length and angrily some years ago with no
opinions being changed, and I'm not going to debate it again. But for
the record.

Jim Blaut's account of the origins of capitalism was profoundly
mistaken, and as much as Jim opposed Weber, Jim's conception of the
origin of capitalism was essentially Weberian and anti-marxist.

I have sharp political disagreements with Brenner, but I believe his
account of the origin of capitalism is the account most compatible with
the historical perspective that informs marxist thought.

And one more observation that relates to current debates on religion
etc. There is _no_ automatic (or often even probable) direct relation
between explicit theory and practice. That relation is always incredibly
complex.

Carrol

Joaquín wrote:
> 
> Louis writes, "Is this Robert Brenner?"
> 
> Yes it is. I was quite surprised (though I don't know why I should have
> been) to find out at a Solidarity meeting that the "comrade Bob" whose
> position on the election (among others)  was being debated and the author of
> the notorious "Brenner theses" (in relation to which, despite Louis's and
> Bob's best efforts, I must confess I *still* can't begin to understand what
> all the shouting is about) were one and the same person.
> 
> Now that Louis has pointed out the relationship between the transition
> debate and electoral tactics, I have, of course, scheduled to do a Google
> search of the archives for any posts with "Brenner" in them. That should
> come to the top of my to-do list by 2016 or 2017, more likely 2017, but I'm
> still determined to wage a truly Stakhanovist struggle to make it 2016.
> 
> Joaquín
> 
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