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On 11 Apr 2007, at 19:22, Dogan Goecmen wrote:
> 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?
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> Dogan
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http://www.marx.org/archive/korsch/1923/marxism-philosophy.htm
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> "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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