@LeftPolitiko I agree about him skirting Marx and Engels on different struggles of emancipation. But Albert does give Lenin (and thus the Leninist model of the revolutionary party-state) a good going over in one of his earlier works, What is To be Undone (1974).
What albert doesn't get when he makes his "uncontroversial" point is that Marx & Engels talked about many forms of oppression other than exploitation. Engels wrote a whole book about women's oppression, for example.
The idea that middle managers, etc. are the "ruling class" is very flawed, in my opinion (to put it mildly.)
Albert shows his ignorance when it comes to Marx and Lenin. It's rather sad.
@LeftPolitiko I agree about him skirting Marx and Engels on different struggles of emancipation. But Albert does give Lenin (and thus the Leninist model of the revolutionary party-state) a good going over in one of his earlier works, What is To be Undone (1974).
agapeiron 11 months ago
What albert doesn't get when he makes his "uncontroversial" point is that Marx & Engels talked about many forms of oppression other than exploitation. Engels wrote a whole book about women's oppression, for example.
The idea that middle managers, etc. are the "ruling class" is very flawed, in my opinion (to put it mildly.)
Albert shows his ignorance when it comes to Marx and Lenin. It's rather sad.
LeftPolitiko 1 year ago