Macrohistory, Marxism, modernity and the coming crisis
From: Nemonemini
To: marxmail@groups.io
Date: Sun, Sep 12, 2021 8:29 am
I apologize for any confusion. I had no idea that 'ageism' was such a touchy issue. But let me get to the point which is the need for the left to find an exit path into a new and extended paradigm that can deal with the real complexity of world history and in that context a path beyond capitalism. World history hides a deep structure that can help to make that possible, but it is a vast subject and invokes an immensity of study. But the pattern itself provides a partial simplification. But its study could help to expand Marxism into a more general secular humanism that can lead the way beyond capitalism. The classic Marxist formulation is problematical because economic issues are secondary to a deeper dynamic, one that is light years beyond the kind of study we find in physics of the Newtonian era. Quantum realms, who knows: the subject is so fluid and hard to fathom that we hardly know where we stand any more. The old fashioned materialism is out the window and the battle of materialism and idealism is old-fashioned. The mathematics of physics deals with material objects now in the 'idealist' context of mathematics. But reinventing materialism is easy and is always a useful but no longer absolute given.Continue reading "Another post to marxmail"