Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (338 p)
ISBN:
9780691219745
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0691219745
Inhalt:
Cover Page -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Note on References and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Uses for Marx, Uses for Philosophy -- Two Versions of Marx -- Morality -- Chapter One: Against Morality -- The Distinctness of Morality -- Equality -- Equal Distribution -- Equal Rights -- A Mistake about Marx and Rights -- Equal Concern -- Utilitarianism -- A Utilitarian Marx -- Generality -- Universal Rationality -- Ideology -- Chapter Two: Replacing Morality -- General Goods and Societal Goals -- The Process of Change
Inhalt:
A Model of Character -- The Structure of a Non-morality -- Allen Wood's Alternative -- A Tempting Conclusion -- Power -- Chapter Three: The Concept of a Ruling Class -- Introduction -- A Charge of Neglect -- What Is a Ruling Class? -- The State and Revolution -- Testability -- Structuralism and Instrumentalism -- A Good Question -- Chapter Four: Questions of Power in Political Theory -- Pluralism and Its Discontents -- The Fate of Pluralism -- Ruling Classes and Power Elites -- Functionalism and Social Interests -- The Chains of Methodology -- Better Theories of Power -- History
Inhalt:
Chapter Five: Productive Forces and the Forces of Change -- Introduction -- Marx as Technological Determinist -- The Stakes Are High -- Marx Was Not a Technological Determinist -- A New Glossary -- The Mode of Production Interpretation -- A Broader View -- Marx's Models and Marx's Context -- Chapter Six: The Mode of Production and History -- Some Objections -- Holism -- Materialism -- Theories Worthy of the Name -- Falsification -- Internal/External -- Is History like That? -- The External, Again -- Chapter Seven: Replacing Positivism -- The Obstacle of Positivism
Inhalt:
An Alternative to Positivism: Explanation -- Causes -- Adequate Description -- Causal Depth -- An Alternative to Positivism: Confirmation -- Positivism and Politics -- Index
Inhalt:
In this book Marx is revealed as a powerful contributor to the debates that now dominate philosophy and political theory. Using the techniques of analytic philosophy to unite Marx's general statements with his practice as historian and activist, Richard W. Miller derives important arguments about the rational basis of morality, the nature of power, and the logic of testing and explanation. The book also makes Marx's theory of change useful for current social science, by replacing economic determinist readings with a new interpretation in which systems of power relations are the basis of change. Part One discusses Marx's criticisms of the moral point of view as a basis for social choice. The outlook that emerges is humane but antimoral. Part Two argues that Marx' concepts of the ruling class is a means of measuring political power that is ignored yet urgently needed by present-day social science. Part Three bases Marx's theory of history on the dynamics of power, challenging both the standard, economic determinist readings of the theory and standard conceptions of science
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780691066134
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Miller, Richard W Analyzing Marx : Morality, Power and History Princeton : Princeton University Press,c1984 ISBN 9780691066134
Sprache:
Englisch
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