hari kumar asked: > How much credence do you think there is to this following thought - > That since Marx was 'working things out' in 'Grundrisse' he simply > developed his arguments in a differing way.
Absolutely, Marx was always "working things out" and thus it is unwise to pick a sentence from this 1852 letter or a passage from that 1859 preface as the definitive statement of "Historical Materialism." That isn't how I operate. After wrestling for two decades (off and on) with the question of Marx's relationship to the 1821 pamphlet, *The Source and Remedy of the National Difficulties, *I spent two months <https://econospeak.blogspot.com/p/posts-on-socially-necessary-labour-time.html> systematically going through the *Grundrisse*,* Capital *(including drafts), *Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy*, and *Theories of Surplus Value* to examine minutely how Marx addressed the concept of socially necessary labour time. This definitely showed Marx "working things out," sometimes leaving things out that he had worked out. When I cite a passage from the *Grundrisse*, it is not because that passage gives me a thrill -- although it may -- but because I evaluate that passage as exemplary of Marx's larger project. For example, when I cite Marx's attention to "disposable time" in the *Grundrisse, *I am doing so fully aware of his intense attention to the 1821 pamphlet and disposable time FIVE YEARS later in the drafts for *Theories of Surplus Value *and Engel's discussion of it in the preface to Volume 2 of *Capital*. I am acutely aware of Marx's avoidance of disposable time in *Capital* itself and his perfunctory citation of *The Source and Remedy* there but also the significance he attributed to his chapter 10 on "The Working Day." Cheers, Tom Walker (Sandwichman) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#35301): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/35301 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/111104123/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
