Similar to how Hegel criticized the christian call to “help the poor” because it presupposes a constant existence of poverty in order to feel good about its (ineffective) charity. A quote from Losurdo’s Class Struggle:
We are reminded of Hegel’s critical remarks on the Gospel commandment to aid the poor. Losing sight of the fact that it is a ‘conditional precept’, and absolutizing it, Christians also wound up absolutizing poverty, which alone could confer meaning on the norm enjoining aid for the poor. The survival of poverty was a precondition for Christians, or at least some of them, enjoying a sense of moral nobility attendant upon their aid for the poor. The seriousness of help for the poor should instead be measured by its contribution to overcoming poverty as such.
No problem! I’ve been reading through pretty much all of Losurdo’s translated books recently and enjoying them all quite a lot. Class Struggle deals directly with Marxist theory, and it’s definitely one of my favorites.
Similar to how Hegel criticized the christian call to “help the poor” because it presupposes a constant existence of poverty in order to feel good about its (ineffective) charity. A quote from Losurdo’s Class Struggle:
Good reference, thanks for sharing
Gonna have to add yet another losurdo book to my shelf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domenico_Losurdo
No problem! I’ve been reading through pretty much all of Losurdo’s translated books recently and enjoying them all quite a lot. Class Struggle deals directly with Marxist theory, and it’s definitely one of my favorites.