A critique of the Engels-soviet version of Marxian economic determinism

Studies in East European Thought 13 (1-2):11-19 (1973)
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In softening Marx' economic determinism, Engels appears to have rescued it from absurdity. In fact, he has condemned it to vacuity: it seems to explain everything, while in fact explaining nothing.

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reprint Scanlan, James P. (1973) "A critique of the Engels-Soviet version of Marxian economic determinism". Studies in Soviet Thought 13(1-2):11-19

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