[Marxism] Theory of Violence

[Owen Davies]

Well, I was just saying that if there is less politics within primitive 
communist societies then there would be less, possibly no, violence.  I read 
Fromm's book a long time ago and it is probably time for a re-read but 
wasn't he connected with the Frankfurt School in some way?



> Daniel wrote:
>
> "I most emphatically said that my theory proves that violence is not
> a part
> of human nature though obviously we have the capacity for it.  In fact I
> said that there is more politics in a monkey troop than in primitive
> communist human societies."
>
> I would agree strongly with the first sentence, and disagree as
> emphatically with the second.  In fact, I see little relationship
> between the two sentences, and perhaps you would care to flesh it out
> a bit. I read it as a non sequiter.
>
> But rather than get into a debate on the subject, which I frankly
> consider to be old material, I would like to urge you to read Erich
> Fromm's "The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness". Let me just list some
> of the appropriate chapters:
>