What is it about?
David Laibman’s “Passion and Patience” demonstrates that – the dogmatists notwithstanding – the lines separating Marxist schools of thinking are not indelible. In many cases syntheses and eclectic formulations that draw on different schools of Marxism offer extremely valuable insights into complex phenomena.
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Why is it important?
Few times in history have old long-established paradigms been so widely questioned in so many different ways. Laibman draws on over a century of polemical exchanges and puts together a fresh analysis on a variety of key issues of current relevance.
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While many people view theory per se as inherently abstract and irrelevant, theoretical formulations are an essential part of the process of collective learning.
Steve Ellner
Universidad de Oriente
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This page is a summary of: David Laibman's Synthesis Approach to Long-Standing Issues of Marxist Debate, Science & Society, July 2017, Guilford Publications,
DOI: 10.1521/siso.2017.81.3.397.
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