Panel discussion on the life and legacy of Karl Marx as a revolutionary intellectual, hosted by the Platypus Affiliated Society on March 27, 2019 at the University of Tennessee (Knoxville).
Speakers:
Dr. Harry Dahms, University of Tennessee (Sociology)
Dr. Arnold Farr, University of Kentucky (Philosophy)
Dr. Spencer Leonard, Platypus Affiliated Society
Moderated by AJ Knowles.
Description:
This past year marked the 200th birthday of Karl Marx, than whom, as even his ideological opponent Isaiah Berlin had to admit, âno thinker in the nineteenth century has had so direct, deliberate and powerful an influence upon mankind.â This panel seeks to bring together intellectuals committed to exploring Marxâs legacy in this post-Marxist age, those who, once more, seek somehow to bring that legacy to bear upon the world. Accordingly, we want to raise the question: What is the legacy of Marxâs life as a revolutionary intellectual -- that is, the legacy of the political writings and activities he contributed to the socialist workersâ movement?
A Platypus-wide teach-in on the CPGBâs campaign against Lukacs and its stakes for Platypus as a project.
Held on Saturday January 11 1-4PM at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago 112 S. Michigan Ave. room 920 while simultaneously broadcast internationally via Livestream.
James Turley's historical chart of Lukacs's influence on Platypus:
The preparatory readings for this event are as follows and can be found at:
- Mike Macnair, âThe philosophy trapâ 11/21/13
http://www.cpgb.org.uk/
- Chris Cutrone, âDefending Marxist Hegelianism against a Marxist critiqueâ 8/11/11
http://www.cpgb.org.uk/
- Georg Lukacs, Original Preface (1922) to History and Class Consciousness (1923)
http://www.marxists.org/
CPGB contra LukĂĄcs
Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee)
contra Georg LukĂĄcs
James Turley, Chris Cutrone, Lawrence Parker
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Originally published in Weekly Worker January 24 â March 14, 2013. PDF:
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articles:
- James Turley, âThe antinomies of Georg LukĂĄcsâ 1/24/13
- Chris Cutrone, âRegressionâ 1/31/13
- James Turley, âDummyâ 2/21/13
- Chris Cutrone, âNota beneâ 2/28/13
- James Turley, âBaconâ 3/7/13
- Lawrence Parker, âLukĂĄcs reloadedâ 3/7/13
- Chris Cutrone, âUnreloadedâ 3/14/13
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Supplemental:
Chris Cutrone, âGillian Roseâs âHegelianâ critique of Marxismâ 3/1/10
http://platypus1917.org/
On February 28, 2012, the radio program Radical Minds on WHPK-FM Chicago broadcast an interview with Mary Gabriel, the author of Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution (New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2011). The interview was conducted by Spencer A. Leonard of the Platypus Affiliated Society.
Transcript in Platypus Review #47: