Comments on: Audio: Philosophers Zone – 17 October 2009 – What would Karl Marx think? http://www.continental-philosophy.org/2009/10/21/audio-philosophers-zone-17-october-2009-what-would-karl-marx-think/ A Bulletin Board for Continental Philosophy, History of Philosophy and More… Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:53:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=8955 By: R.S. http://www.continental-philosophy.org/2009/10/21/audio-philosophers-zone-17-october-2009-what-would-karl-marx-think/comment-page-1/#comment-65175 R.S. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:01:03 +0000 http://www.continental-philosophy.org/?p=1480#comment-65175 Daimon: Zizek uses this very question in the introduction to "First As Tragedy, Then As Farce." To steal the words of Paul Craig Roberts(!), if either Marx or Lenin were alive today, they would be Nobel laureates in economics. Daimon:
Zizek uses this very question in the introduction to “First As Tragedy, Then As Farce.”
To steal the words of Paul Craig Roberts(!), if either Marx or Lenin were alive today, they would be Nobel laureates in economics.

]]> By: Daimon http://www.continental-philosophy.org/2009/10/21/audio-philosophers-zone-17-october-2009-what-would-karl-marx-think/comment-page-1/#comment-65149 Daimon Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:35:14 +0000 http://www.continental-philosophy.org/?p=1480#comment-65149 I would mention something that Adorno did in his three studies on Hegel. He avoided the question of whether or not Hegel has something to teach us today, he rather asked what would our epoch look like to Hegel? The same goes for Marx. It isn't that we need to ask what Marx can teach us today, rather we should ask: what do the events of the first decade of the twenty-first century look in Marx's eyes? What would he do/say? I would mention something that Adorno did in his three studies on Hegel. He avoided the question of whether or not Hegel has something to teach us today, he rather asked what would our epoch look like to Hegel?

The same goes for Marx. It isn’t that we need to ask what Marx can teach us today, rather we should ask: what do the events of the first decade of the twenty-first century look in Marx’s eyes? What would he do/say?

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