There might be some Marxist 'fundementalists' who might feel that the evolutionary mechanisms described by Marx (as appropriated from Hegel)exclude Darwinian views. 'Thesis producing antithesis' is not the mechanism described by Darwin. Nor is class warfare something that was described by Darwin. But I think this would be more a view embraced by Stalinists trying to avoid the next purge rather than less terrorized Marxist scholars since Stalin's demise. I think western Marxist scholars especially would view Darwinism in the context of scientific explanation and hold it contingently true to the extent that it best explains existing evidence. This view can be tested by referring to credible Marxist writings on the subject. -McCheese | There might be some Marxist 'fundementalists' who might feel that the evolutionary mechanisms described by Marx (as appropriated from Hegel)exclude Darwinian views. 'Thesis producing antithesis' is not the mechanism described by Darwin. Nor is class warfare something that was described by Darwin. But I think this would be more a view embraced by Stalinists trying to avoid the next purge rather than less terrorized Marxist scholars since Stalin's demise. I think western Marxist scholars especially would view Darwinism in the context of scientific explanation and hold it contingently true to the extent that it best explains existing evidence. This view can be tested by referring to credible Marxist writings on the subject. -McCheese |