[Marxism] Evolution: Nature and Political Economy (Robert Brenner follow-up)

[Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1@xxxxxxx>]

> Gould DIDN'T believe that "Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny," but
> specifically rejected that formulation of Ernst Haeckel's, as do
> most  modern evolutionary biologists. In fact, he wrote a book on
> that theory,  called, appropriately enough, Ontogeny and Phylogeny.
> He considered it an  essentialist concept.
>
> Mike

Actually, the view that capitalism was NOT destined to emerge (Robert
Brenner, et al.) is consonant with the view that mankind was NOT
destined to emerge (Gould, et al.).  Evolution of both nature and
political economy is characterized by long periods of equilibrium
punctuated by crises through which new forms emerge.
--
Yoshie

* Critical Montages: <http://montages.blogspot.com/>
* "Proud of Britain": <http://www.proudofbritain.net/ > and
<http://www.proud-of-britain.org.uk/>

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