Marxism and the Human Individual
Title | Marxism and the Human Individual PDF eBook |
Author | Adam Schaff |
Publisher | |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN |
Today more than ever Marxism is profoundly in need of a full and precise modern reappraisal. In his belief that this may only be accomplished along with an examination of the "humanistic" young Marx, Adam Schaff presents in this volume an illumination of the thinker's early work and its relationship to the world-shaking economic philosophy that stemmed from it.
Marxism and the Individual
Title | Marxism and the Individual PDF eBook |
Author | Cem Eroğul |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 247 |
Release | 2021-09-29 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 3030836622 |
This book attempts to develop a Marxist theory of the human individual. It contends that the standard description of the human as a bio-psycho-social being is fundamentally deficient as it doesn’t specify which of these attributes is the determining one. As long as this is not done, the real nature of humanity cannot be uncovered.
Marx and Human Nature
Title | Marx and Human Nature PDF eBook |
Author | Norman Geras |
Publisher | Verso Books |
Pages | 144 |
Release | 2016-02-23 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1784782378 |
“Marx did not reject the idea of a human nature. He was right not to do so.” That is the conclusion of this passionate and polemical new work by Norman Geras. In it, he places the sixth of Marx’s Theses on Feuerbach under rigorous scrutiny. He argues that this ambiguous statement—widely cited as evidence that Marx broke with all conceptions of human nature in 1845—must be read in the context of Marx’s work as a whole. His later writings are informed by an idea of a specifically human nature that fulfills both explanatory and normative functions. The belief that Marx’s historical materialism entailed a denial of the conception of human nature is, Geras writes, “an old fixation, which the Althusserian influence in this matter has fed upon … Because this fixation still exists and is misguided, it is still necessary to challenge it.” One hundred years after Marx’s death, this timely essay—combining the strengths of analytical philosophy and classical Marxism—rediscovers a central part of his heritage.
Marxism and Human Nature
Title | Marxism and Human Nature PDF eBook |
Author | Sean Sayers |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 2013-01-11 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1134653832 |
Is there such a thing as human nature? Here Sean Sayers defends the controversial theory that human nature is in fact an historical phenomenon. He gives an ambitious and wide ranging defence of the Marxist and Hegelian historical approach and engages with a wide range of work at the heart of the contemporary debate in social and moral philosophy.
Marx and the New Individual (RLE Marxism)
Title | Marx and the New Individual (RLE Marxism) PDF eBook |
Author | Ian Forbes |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 241 |
Release | 2015-04-17 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1317503201 |
In what is the first sustained analysis of Marx’s attitude to the puzzle of the individual in history and society, this book, first published in 1990, challenges received views on the importance of class analysis and the place of a theory of human nature in Marx’s thought. The radical possibilities of individual agency in society are explored within a Marxian framework, and without recourse to the current fashions of methodological individualism or rational choice theory. In the context of the apparent antagonism between collectivist and individualist approaches to political explanation and social change, the author establishes that a ‘New Individual’, of singular importance for the understanding of contemporary society, can be identified. For the first time, the Grundrisse provides the basis of a major analysis of Marx’s thoughts on the individual. By illustrating the nature of the connections between collective existence and individual experience, Ian Forbes makes an important contribution towards the revitalization of socialist thought. He also develops a valuable counterpoint to rational actor models of politics and liberal theories of justice alike, by establishing the importance of a political theory that values human agency as much as it understands social and historical processes.
Marx and the Missing Link: “Human Nature”
Title | Marx and the Missing Link: “Human Nature” PDF eBook |
Author | W Peter Archibald |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 1989-10-24 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1349091847 |
Marx and the New Individual (RLE Marxism)
Title | Marx and the New Individual (RLE Marxism) PDF eBook |
Author | Ian Forbes |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 2015-04-17 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 131750321X |
In what is the first sustained analysis of Marx’s attitude to the puzzle of the individual in history and society, this book, first published in 1990, challenges received views on the importance of class analysis and the place of a theory of human nature in Marx’s thought. The radical possibilities of individual agency in society are explored within a Marxian framework, and without recourse to the current fashions of methodological individualism or rational choice theory. In the context of the apparent antagonism between collectivist and individualist approaches to political explanation and social change, the author establishes that a ‘New Individual’, of singular importance for the understanding of contemporary society, can be identified. For the first time, the Grundrisse provides the basis of a major analysis of Marx’s thoughts on the individual. By illustrating the nature of the connections between collective existence and individual experience, Ian Forbes makes an important contribution towards the revitalization of socialist thought. He also develops a valuable counterpoint to rational actor models of politics and liberal theories of justice alike, by establishing the importance of a political theory that values human agency as much as it understands social and historical processes.