[Marxism] -ismic doctrine or science? (was: Cockburn contrarianism )

[Ruthless Critic of All that Exists]

On Jan 30, 2008 12:49 PM, Haines Brown <brownh at hartford-hwp.com> wrote:

> But if this point
> carries weight, Marx's interest in calculus would only cast some light
> on his outlook, but not be of much help to us (Marxists) today in an
> effort to represent things as processes.

Which modern formalisms, do you think, are best suited to representing
things as processes (and also, though not necessarily, more consistent
with Marxism)?

Work in the fields of complex systems, autopoiesis, etc. comes to my
mind as one candidate. (I am thinking of Maturana and Varela here, and
also of the algorithmic chemistry project of Walter Fontana and Leo
Buss.) Any other thoughts?