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...speakers represent widely divergent attitudes toward the theory and study of history, raging form a Marxian to an ultra-conservative point of view. After the meeting there will be cross-discussion among the members of the panel, followed by questions from the floor...
Chamberlin was well liked in Ec. 1a on Economic Theory, although some felt the class discussion was confined too much to the reading. One of the few courses on non-capitalist economic activity is Sweezy's course on Socialism, (Ec. 11b.) He stresses Marxian theories and, in the latter part of the course, touches on Socialist thinkers. Most students liked the lectures and thought the material well organized, particularly in view of the scarcity, of Socialist literature in translation. Some thought the course should be extended from a half to a full year. Economic History from...
...English field History 19, 40, and 42 are the key courses. McIlwain, called by Frankfurter the scholar of Harvard, makes Constitutional history interesting; Merriman treats the Tudor period from a strictly historical approach which may seem outmoded to the Marxian historian, but which is not dull; Perkins and Owen carry on to modern times with Owen receiving most of the orchids. The basic English courses are 21, 30, 40, and 52. All of these are adequate but not inspiring. Sherburn, generally considered the greatest 18th century scholar is thought dull in his presentation; Jones is called diffuse and the course...
Stripped of its religious appeal and its call for a revival of faith, the platform of the Church sounds suspiciously like that endorsed by a good many liberals and leftists since pre-Marxian days. The suggestion that extreme inequalities of wealth, and private ownership of the means of production, may be bars between our present world and "a just order of society" is still the same when it is placed on a moral basis as when it is treated from an economic standpoint. The proposals that the proper purpose of work is the satisfaction of human needs and that labor...
...Marx brought to this crusade a stupendous knowledge of Hegelian philosophy, a brilliant economic mind, trenchant political discernment, a complete inability to earn a living, a perfect willingness to let Friend Engels earn one for him. Marx was also one of the most vituperative geniuses who ever lived. Favorite Marxian epithets for friends and foes alike: Dog! Bedbug! Swine! Pot! Blockhead! Cow! Says Author Wilson: "As the years go on, the word Esel (jackass) seems almost to become synonymous with human being...