Marxism - The Next Big Thing?

Very enjoyable Philosophy Talk today on Marxism (rebroadcast Thursday at 8 pm on Oregon Public Broadcasting). It will eventually be archived here.

Having learned about Marxism at Stanford at the same time I was learning libertarian philosophy (from the same professor), I wasn't surprised to hear our hosts were sympathetic to and respectful of aspects of Marx's work. John Perry scored big points with both his critique of Marx as overly utopian (the fatal flaw, in my opinion, but also a key factor in its successes) and with his proposal for a system of philosopher-dominated do-nothing government known as "contemplocracy."

Philosophy talk blog is here (isn't Typepad cool?).