[Buddha-l] Re: Buddhist family life

[Jim Peavler]

On Dec 11, 2006, at 8:09 AM, Benito Carral wrote:

>
>    BTW,  it is not coincidence that Erich Fromm wrote a
> book  about  Buddhism  and  marxist psychoanalysis, and
> these  days  I'm  exploring  such  a  link  in order to
> explain   why  marxist-oriented  Westerners,  wich  are
> majority,      feel     attracted     by     postmodern
> reinterpretations  of  traditional  Buddhism (it indeed
> seems quite easy to explain).

This statement strikes me as utter nonsense. Marxism was already in  
bad odor back in the 60's when I was a revolutionary. Economical  
Marxism thrives (if thrive could be the word to use) in only a few  
spots in the West, although it has made something of a small comeback  
in a few places.

Jim Peavler
jmp at peavler.org