The problem is that he insists on rereading Marx again to reveal somehow there's something new about him. That's the genuine problem with Marxism: it cares to much about Marx. Actually, no one cares about Marx. And no should care about your noveaux-theory of Marxian movement, Nail. He's selling us an idea that we should tint all of Marx's subsequent work under one of his antecedent and obscure texts -which is absurd- and is the first hint that Thomas is just excited over his own research. The later texts of a mature Marx always defeats earlier texts. We read the earlier texts in light of the later texts not the other way around as a rule of thumb since this is exactly what Marx-Engels does and counsels us with the prime example being his Communifest Manifesto. At any rate, consider how busy he is making out stuff of non-problems about the opinions of other so-called New Materialists like DeLanda, Bennett, or Meillassoux regarding Marx. They don't care, and neither should we. The letter of the text of Marx is enough and there's nothing new anymore in it. Thomas should stop saying "Marx actually thought this and that" when it is enough to say "Using Marx, we can think anew that [whatever]"
The problem is that he insists on rereading Marx again to reveal somehow there's something new about him. That's the genuine problem with Marxism: it cares to much about Marx. Actually, no one cares about Marx. And no should care about your noveaux-theory of Marxian movement, Nail.
He's selling us an idea that we should tint all of Marx's subsequent work under one of his antecedent and obscure texts -which is absurd- and is the first hint that Thomas is just excited over his own research.
The later texts of a mature Marx always defeats earlier texts. We read the earlier texts in light of the later texts not the other way around as a rule of thumb since this is exactly what Marx-Engels does and counsels us with the prime example being his Communifest Manifesto.
At any rate, consider how busy he is making out stuff of non-problems about the opinions of other so-called New Materialists like DeLanda, Bennett, or Meillassoux regarding Marx. They don't care, and neither should we.
The letter of the text of Marx is enough and there's nothing new anymore in it. Thomas should stop saying "Marx actually thought this and that" when it is enough to say "Using Marx, we can think anew that [whatever]"