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From: carnes@gargoyle.UUCP (Richard Carnes)
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Subject: Re: Reply to JoSH on socialism
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Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 12:18:50 EST
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Correction:  The article on socialism by Irving Howe that I
recommended to JoSH is in the Fall 1985 *Dissent*, i.e. the current
issue.  *Dissent* is an excellent source for American dem-socialist
views.

I mentioned Marx's *18th Brumaire*.  This is Marx at his finest and
is well worth reading even if you have no interest in Marxism,
particularly if you are interested in 19th-century France.  I suggest
reading the first and last sections if you are not sure you want to
read the whole thing.  It is a first-rate introduction to Marx's
theories of history, class struggle, and politics, and in addition is
of interest because the subject of the essay, Louis Bonaparte's rise
to power, is akin to what we would today call fascism.
-- 
Richard Carnes, ihnp4!gargoyle!carnes