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Re: [OPE-L] Was Marx afraid of Ghosts?

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Title: Re: [OPE-L] Was Marx afraid of Ghosts?
> No, Jerry, I think Marx believed in ghosts, and especially vampires.
 
Riccardo:
 
Well, I don't believe in ghosts or vampires, do you? 
 
> Definitely these are NOT metaphors.
 
Perhaps it would be better to say that they are *literary allusions*?
 
> It is what is materially going on in this very special social reality.
 
These references should be interpreted as "ghost-like" or "vampire-like."
 
We should not interpret his references to ghosts, vampires, and
possession too literally.   
 
Marx was entitled -- like all authors -- to some artistic and creative 
liberties in his writing, wasn't he?   I'm certainly happy that his writing
style was far more *expressive* than that of, say, Ricardo or Sraffa.
 
in solidarity, Jerry
 
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