G.A. "Jerry" Cohen 1941-2009

[Filuwaúrdjan]

And, so, another philosopher is dead:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Cohen
http://www.nextleft.org/2009/08/jerry-cohen.html
http://virtualstoa.net/2009/08/05/dead-socialist-g-a-cohen-1941-2009/
http://crookedtimber.org/2009/08/06/jerry-cohen-a-personal-appreciation/
http://normblog.typepad.com/normblog/2009/08/ga-cohen-19412009.html

RIP

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Haven't read any of his stuff, I'm afraid. Sounds Interesting though.

Doesn't sound like your sort of guy, Al.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Doesn't sound like your sort of guy, Al.

He wasn't; but that's not the point, really. Some of his ideas were quite interesting, though his defense of historical materialism is notable mainly for making it (even) easier to attack...

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Doesn't sound like your sort of guy, Al.

He wasn't; but that's not the point, really. Some of his ideas were quite interesting, though his defense of historical materialism is notable mainly for making it (even) easier to attack...

One has to imo admire the stubborness of a man who was still defending historical materialism by the 1980s. (Of course, this poster being unaware of the nature of such defense and etc)

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Oddly enough I was at the library today (well, actually yesterday, it is now 2:23 am) and found a copy of If you're so egalitarian, how come you're rich?. The bits I read were quite interesting and enjoyable (mostly the biographical parts, I wasn't in the mood for theory) but one has to wonder where all that zeal went.