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- From: prabu@cs.utexas.edu (Prabu Muthu)
- Subject: Re: Karl Marx on Brahmans and Hindus
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- From: prabu@cs.utexas.edu (Prabu Muthu)
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- Subject: Re: Karl Marx on Brahmans and Hindus
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 14:25:13 -0600
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- I'm sorry to contradict yet another person, but that one quote
- alone does not prove that Marx was a sympathizer of the Brahminical
- system. He has expressed, on many different occasions, his
- dislike of the system. He compares it (mistakenly, perhaps) to
- the feudal system of many other cultures; Brahmins, he theorizes,
- were simply those who devised a clever way to get capital without
- working at it. This is, of course, an oversimplification of his
- analysis, but it is the correct perspective.
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- As far as that quote (and other similar ones) is concerned, Marx has
- a seemingly contradictory habit of celebrating the very societies he
- is condemning. Even capitalism, he says, is great stuff. But all
- the goodness is due to the fact that these are necessary steps on
- the way to achieving a truly Marxist (Communist, in his words, but
- that term has become too closely linked to Stalinism) society. He
- also probably truly appreciated some of the Marxist tendencies of
- the Brahminical society, but not in the same way as those who
- idealize such a state of affairs.
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- Prabu
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