INTELLECTUALS, reason & al.

[H. Curtiss Leung]

Jonathan Broad writes:

> 
> To Ralph, who I suspect is either a Marxist-Humanist or something close:
> What did you mean by the "Universal", which is the "development of human
> beings" or somesuch?  I sympathize with your stance that there are many
> things which cannot be learned except by engagement with those you call
> "working class", but I find your language suspect.  "Development" can only
> be managed within a totality, and one articulation of the Marxist position
> has determined that said "development" can only be had via a statist
> revolution.  Do you believe that the "universal" is an ahistorical
> perspective accessible to human consciousness via a "party" organization?
> Is this party sole propriator of the universal "theory" or perspective?
> Are its articulations and actions in some sense guided by this totality?

	Boy, if there's one thing I can't stand, it's Red-baiting.
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