tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35011209.post116865884782907713..comments2023-04-23T12:45:31.897+12:00Comments on Chaos Marxism: More on the relation between ethics and realityDoloras LaPichohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15406903235156602127noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35011209.post-1169416944755244782007-01-22T11:02:00.000+13:002007-01-22T11:02:00.000+13:00I would prefer not to, to maintain my anonymity, b...I would prefer not to, to maintain my anonymity, but you are free to email me at doloras AT randomstatic DOT net.Doloras LaPichohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15406903235156602127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35011209.post-1169057288007038332007-01-18T07:08:00.000+13:002007-01-18T07:08:00.000+13:00Lukács certainly had a varied career, but his most...Lukács certainly had a varied career, but his most exciting work (<EM>History and Class Consciousness</EM>) was written while he was a committed Leninist in 1923, before his shabby compromise with Stalinism. <BR/><BR/>As to Lenin himself, much like Crowley he gets a bad reputation from people who've never read him and only heard the scare stories (and really, isn't accepting society's myths blindly the death of all consciousness, magical or otherwise?). <A HREF="http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/index.htm" REL="nofollow">State and Revolution</A> is his work that would appeal the most to those from an anarchist background.<BR/><BR/>My only point on "centralism" is that to defeat an enemy you must be symmetrical to them. Our enemies operate on a worldwide basis - if we want to actually defeat them (rather than create a guerilla campaign to annoy them, which is what most people think is the best possible) we need to co-ordinate our efforts.Doloras LaPichohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15406903235156602127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35011209.post-1168985858643530962007-01-17T11:17:00.000+13:002007-01-17T11:17:00.000+13:00Grazie mille for this - it seems like you and I ar...Grazie mille for this - it seems like you and I are on the same page. I'm sorry that the thread degenerated once the libertarian-capitalists (who claim to "believe nothing" but worship the Alienated Self / Ego as if it were something real) got involved. Two points:<BR/><BR/>1) I would disagree that Lukacs is in a different "tradition" of Marxism than Lenin. Remember that the latter is the man who said "ideas become real things when they seize the masses". The emphasis on <EM>consciousness</EM> and its role in shaping reality is in common between magic and classical Marxism, and totally absence from either Stalinism or social-democracy. <BR/><BR/>2) I heartily agree with a struggle against mysticism, but <B>for</B> magic.Doloras LaPichohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15406903235156602127noreply@blogger.com