Thursday, September 3, 2015

Revolution and Abstraction

Marxism is a declaration of war against Capitalism, the Philosophical dimension of which is its various justifications of the declaration, e. g. the flaws of that system, the historical process by which such flaws get resolved, the superiority of Socialism, etc. However, the description of the conduct of that war, i. e. of Revolution, remains abstract, since lacking in the midst of that jargon is a concrete account of what the action entails, including the possibility of violence against Capitalists. Likewise lacking is any attempt at a Philosophical justification of that possibility, i. e. one that specifically addresses the possibility of doing physical harm to another human being. So long as its concept of Revolution remains abstract, e. g. represented as an "abolition of private property", the attempt of Marxism to 'set Philosophy back on its feet' remains groundless.

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