Not only does the passage cited by Carlos not refer to "class interest" (it says "social being") but what is here said to be determined is "consciousness" - a quite different category to "logic". Julian Wells From: Societies for the History of Economics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of CARLOS RODRIGUEZ BRAUN Sent: 10 June 2011 07:34 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [SHOE] Polylogism in Marxist Michael Perelman wrote: "By the way, I would like to learn where Marx said anything as simplistic as thought is determined by class interest, as if he precluded other influences." The following quotation may perhaps be helpful, althought it does not refer exactly to "class interest": "The mode of production of material life conditions the social, political and intellectual life process in general. It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being, but, on the contrary, their social being that determines their consciousness." Preface to A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy Carlos Rodríguez Braun This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System.