tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post4152390686637679939..comments2024-03-27T19:13:29.794+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Trotsky on intelligentsiaA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-7020488902250814722012-02-11T10:56:16.257+00:002012-02-11T10:56:16.257+00:00SV - would he? I could never get anything that spe...SV - would he? I could never get anything that specific out of Marx, but that may be down to my difficulties with him.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-26866754641655040782012-02-10T21:58:25.437+00:002012-02-10T21:58:25.437+00:00No, Marx would have said that the objective realit...No, Marx would have said that the objective reality of capitalism led to his theory about it.Sam Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978971199859845931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-4924406015059257232012-02-10T20:44:49.991+00:002012-02-10T20:44:49.991+00:00SV - yet Marxism is nothing if not predictive, so ...SV - yet Marxism is nothing if not predictive, so presumably exempt from "limping after the facts".A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-70704193201026151382012-02-10T19:14:21.283+00:002012-02-10T19:14:21.283+00:00I'm not sure if he was talking about facts and...I'm not sure if he was talking about facts and theories here. Sounds like the standard Marxist view that forms of thought are dependent upon material conditions of production, which is something a bit more subtle.Sam Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978971199859845931noreply@blogger.com