[OPE-L] Karl Korsch

[Dogan Goecmen <dogangoecmen@xxxxxxx>]

In *Marxism and Philosophy* Karl Korsch says Marxian critique of political economy is at the same time a deeper critique of philosophy than was in early Marxian writings. How can we make a sense of this?

 

Thanks for replies

 

Dogan

 

http://www.marx.org/archive/korsch/1923/marxism-philosophy.htm

 

"A radical critique of bourgeois society can no longer start from âanyâ form of theoretical or practical consciousness whatever, as Marx thought as late as 1843. It must start from the particular forms of consciousness which have found their scientific _expression_ in the political economy of bourgeois society. Consequently the critique of political economy is theoretically and practically the first priority. Yet even this deeper and more radical version of Marxâs revolutionary critique of society never ceases to be a critique of the whole of bourgeois society and so of all its forms of consciousness. It may seem as if Marx and Engels were later to criticise philosophy only in an occasional and haphazard manner. In fact, far from neglecting the subject, they actually developed their critique of it in a more profound and radical direction. For proof, it is only necessary to re-establish the full revolutionary meaning of Marxâs critique of political economy, as against certain mistaken ideas about it which are common today. This may also serve to clarify both its place in the whole system of Marxâs critique of society, and its relation to his critique of ideologies like philosophy."

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