Ruthless Criticism – The decline of the West – turned to the left
Von webmaster • Sep. 26th, 2016 • Kategorie: InternationalRuthless Criticism
The decline of the West – turned to the left
From left wing friend of the workers to pessimistic-optimistic philosopher of history
Robert Kurz:
Der Kollaps der Modernisierung [The Collapse of Modernization], Frankfurt 1991 (I),
Honeckers Rache [Honecker’s Revenge], Berlin 1991 (II)
[Translated from GegenStandpunkt: Politische Vierteljahreszeitschrift 2-92, GegenStandpunkt Verlag, Munich]
After the “end of communism” and the discrediting of everything associated with the left, someone who calls himself a Marxist shows up on the bestseller lists; he is reviewed by Trampert, Hickel and even Raddatz – not just in left wing papers, but in Zeit and FAZ. Robert Kurz is important this year because he serves a need of the times: he offers guidance for all those who ask the stupid question of whether they can still remain on the left today, and if so how. The fact that one does not necessarily need to remain on the left (if one has no more complaints about capitalism) might be a liberating discovery for some. Kurz, however, does not criticize this stupid question, but gives it an answer: if one refrains from “enlightening,” agitation and political activity, if one forgets about the working class and the class struggle and becomes a pessimistic philosopher of history, then one really can still be on the left. In spite of everything, and with Kurz’s help, one can come to the expectation that things will not go well forever for capitalism, perhaps even not for that much longer.
Who can confront the thesis of the “end of history”? Kurz can!
Alienation philosophy rather than political economy
Superfluous and elitist elucidation about the right moment in time
http://www.ruthlesscriticism.com/kurz
cf:
Vom linken Arbeiterfreund zum pessimistisch-optimistischen Geschichtsphilosophen
Der Untergang des Abendlands – linksherum
Robert Kurz:
Der Kollaps der Modernisierung, Frankfurt 1991 (I),
Honeckers Rache, Berlin 1991 (II)
Die verkehrte Gleichsetzung von realem Sozialismus und Kapitalismus als Mittel, dem Kapitalismus sein (zukünftiges) Scheitern zu prognostizieren. ‚Misserfolg!‘: Kurz‘ falscher Maßstab der Kritik am System und seine Leistung: ‚Links sein geht‘. Die falsche Kapitalismuskritik: Verwandlung von Geld, Ware, Kapital in einen einzigen Fetisch, der die Menschen zu Marionetten macht. Die Kurz‘sche Geschichtsphilosophie: Elitäres Durchblickertum statt Kritik.
