Re: (OPE-L) Re: a materialist analysis of the situation in Cuba -- LTV

[Michael Eldred <artefact@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cologne 28-May-2003

gerald_a_levy schrieb Tue, 27 May 2003 08:13:18 -0400:

> Re Michael E's message dated Friday, May 23:
>
> > This presupposes that only a Marxist materialist analysis is credible. But
> > is  issue of Marxist materialism is an ontological issue which, to boot,
> > is  highly  controversial. We come back to the ontological issue of the
> > validity of the LTV,  the foundation stone in Marx's critique of
> > capitalism as a mode of (social) production and exchange.
>
> No, not every question comes back to 'the ontological issue of the validity
> of the LTV.'    The issue under discussion was the facts regarding the
> current  situation in Cuba.  An appeal to the LTV and ontology will not help
> us comprehend this current development.  We have seen that there are (at
> least) two different narratives for what has been happening in Cuba.  To
> access the relative merit of those two narratives, we have to explore the
> factual underpinnings (or lack thereof) of each perspective.
>
>

Jerry,
I agree that "not every question comes back to 'the ontological issue of the
validity
of the LTV.' ", but if you insist that only a Marxist "materialist analysis" is
credible, then you have already decided in favour of a certain ontology.

Note also that Diego explicitly incorporated the LTV in his thoughts on Cuba.


Michael
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