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Socialist uses of workers’ inquiry - Raniero Panzieri
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Sunday, 08 February 2009 11:45
Socialist uses of workers’ inquiry

Raniero Panzieri

The best way to shed light on the question of the ‘political aims of inquiry’ is to go back to a debate in Marxism.

This presents us with the danger of focusing on theoretical issues and even perhaps of not dealing with them productively, a danger we should try to avoid in order for this seminar to have a practical purpose: a definition of a questionnaire, and the organisation and beginning of inquiry. However, the advantage of referring back to Marxism is that it would help us outline the working method of Quaderni Rossi, which some comrades still seem to be perplexed by. Some comrades are still wary of sociology and its tools, which is unjustified and essentially motivated by residues of false consciousness and a dogmatic view of Marxism. The use of sociological tools for the political aims of the working class will certainly reignite this discussion, because the scientific foundation of revolutionary action is historically identified with Marxism.