- *Sadly, Witthuize's
review exhibits a utopian belief in the creation of a social order that
dispenses with unintended consequences. He seems not to have understood
my indictment of that view in "Marx, Hayek, and Utopia", and completely
misses the point of my defense of dialectical method as a radical rebuke
against such utopian theorizing. Perhaps he should read the rest of my
"Dialectics and Liberty Trilogy," especially "Total Freedom: Toward a
Dialectical Libertarianism" in order to grasp the nuances of my
analysis. I'm also a bit astonished that any reader would doubt my
mastery of the Marxist scholarly literature, considering that this
project grew out of, and benefited from, the intense scrutiny of the
great Marxist political theorist Bertell Ollman, my mentor and dear
friend. That's not an argument from authority so much as it is a
statement of fact. (19 September 2021)
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