,HUMANISM & ,SOCIALISM 

,PEOPLE 3 

,AU?OR 3 ,PAUL ,MATTICK 

,TEXT 3 

,S\RCE3 ,9T]NATIONAL ,SOCIALISM1 ,NO4#b#e1 ,SUMM] #a#i#f#f4 
,TRANSCRIPTION3 ,ADAM ,BUICK4 
,LETT] 9 REPLY TO ,ROB9 ,D]RIC\RT 

,IT SEEMS TO ME ?AT ,ROB9 ,D]RIC\RT'S DI/9CTION BETWE5 HUMANISM & WORK+-CLASS SOCIALISM 7,I,S #b#d7 TREATS HUMANISM NOT AS AN HI/ORICAL BUT AS A UNIV]SAL CATEGORY 9 ! S5SE 9 :I* ! Y\NG ,M>X ID5TIFI$ HUMANISM ) COMMUNISM1 I4E41 AS ! REALIZATION ( ! HUMAN ESS5CE4 ,9 ,D]RIC\RT'S VIEW1 HUMANISM SEEMS TO BE SOME?+ 9DEP5D5T (1 & DIFF]5T FROM1 DEF9ITE SOCIAL RELATION%IPS &1 PRES5TLY1 A K9D ( MONOPOLY ( ! 09TELLECTUAL OR MIDDLE-CLASS P]SONS40 ,?IS IS A V>IATION ON ! !ME DE> TO ,KAUTSKY & ,L591 NAMELY1 ?AT ! WORK]S !MSELVES CANNOT DEVELOP A REVOLUTION>Y CONSCI\SNESS1 :I* HAS TO BE BR\<T TO !M - FROM ! \TSIDE - BY ! MIDDLE-CLASS 9TELLECTUALS4 ,D]RIC\RT CAN IMAG9E ?AT ! WORK]S MAY REALIZE SOCIALISM1 BUT ALSO ?AT ?IS SOCIALISM MAY BE DEVOID ( ! RATIONALIZ$ HUMANISM :I* DIFF]5TIATES ! 9TELLECTUAL FROM ! 0UNSOPHI/ICAT$0 WORK]4 ,9 BRIEF1 HE FE>S ! POSSIBILITY ( SOCIALISM )\T HUMANISM2 AT ANY RATE1 )\T ?AT HUMANISM :I* *>ACT]IZES ! SOCIALI/ 9TELLECTUAL 9 B\RGEOIS SOCIETY4 

,9 ITS IDEOLOGICAL =M1 ) MORE OR LESS SOPHI/ICATION1 HUMANISM IS %>$ BY ALL ALIKE1 =1 AS ,M>X MA9TA9$1 0! RUL+ IDEAS >E ?OSE ( ! RUL+ CLASSES40 ,SOCIALI/ HUMANISM 5T]S 9TO ! PICTURE ONLY ) ! RISE ( CLASS CONSCI\SNESS & HAS NO AIMS AP>T FROM WORK+-CLASS SOCIALISM1 ?AT IS1 FROM ! REALIZATION ( A CLASSLESS SOCIETY AS A PRECONDITION = ! TRANS=MATION ( M]E IDEOLOGICAL 9TO PRACTICAL HUMANISM4 ,TO ASSUME ?AT WORK+-CLASS SOCIALISM MAY BE RE/RICT$ TO AN 0ECONOMIC REORD]+ ( SOCIETY10 IS TO SAY1 9 ?AT CASE1 ?AT !RE WAS NO SOCIALI/ REORD]+4 ,ECONOMIC RELATIONS >E1 ( C\RSE1 SOCIAL RELATIONS :I* APPE> AS ECONOMIC RELATIONS ONLY UND] CAPITALI/ CONDITIONS4 ,ANTAGONI/IC SOCIAL RELATIONS1 I4 E41 CLASS-RELATIONS1 PRECLUDE PRACTICAL HUMANISM4 ,BUT S9CE ! CLASSLESS SOCIETY ABOLI%ES ! PROLET>IAT1 !RE IS NO NE$ = ,D]RIC\RT TO WORRY ?AT ITS LACK ( SOPHI/ICATION MAY P]PETUATE ! CAPITALI/IC DEHUMANIZATION EV5 )9 SOCIALISM4 ,ACTUALLY1 ( C\RSE1 EV5 N[1 ! WORK+ CLASS IS ! LEA/ DEHUMANIZ$ SOCIAL CLASS & ITS SOCIALI/ MOVEM5T1 :]E IT EXI/S1 IS ! ONLY MOVEM5T ) HUMANI/ GOALS4 

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