Politically, however, I remained pretty naïve, really until I became a research student. One of my good friends, a historian by the name of Tim Mason, opened my eyes in numerous discussions to the strengths in Marx’s accounts of economic and social forces and his view of historical change. I did not become a Marxist, but I learnt to have some respect for certain aspects of Marx’s views. After all, the maxim ‘from each according to his ability, to each according to his need’ is, or ought to be, a rather noble basis for a social order. I said this once to a very amiable American student whom I met in Paris when I was doing research there. He blanched.
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