Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis

Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis

Historical Materialism in the 1990s

Reviewing Erik Olin Wright, Andrew Levine, and Elliott Sober's 1992 book "Reconstructing Marxism: Essays on Explanation and the Theory of History."

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Jan 14, 2024
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Every Tuesday night for the last few months, I went to a mezcal-heavy cocktail bar to meet with a couple other Los Angeles-based leftie academic types and very slowly go through Erik Olin Wright, Andrew Levine, and Elliott Sober’s 1992 book “Reconstructing Marxism: Essays on Explanation and the Theory of History.” We wanted to finish before the new year…

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