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Format: VIIII, 232 S.

ISBN: 0-8047-4404-1

Language: English

Keywords: 1885-1953 Man, Hendrik de ; Marxismus ; 1895-1973 Horkheimer, Max ; Marxismus ; 1927-2009 Kołakowski, Leszek ; Marxismus ; 1895-1973 Horkheimer, Max ; Marxismus ; Politisches Denken ; 1927-2009 Kołakowski, Leszek ; Marxismus ; Politisches Denken ; 1885-1953 Man, Hendrik de ; Marxismus ; Politisches Denken ; Fallstudiensammlung ; Fallstudiensammlung

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Format: 1 online resource (244 pages)

ISBN: 9780804780278

Content: This book seeks to understand the failure of Marxism by viewing it up close, in the experiences of three important Marxist intellectuals, each of whom embraced Marxism early in life and later decisively rejected it. Their experiences provide the framework for a more general account of modern ideological disenchantment.

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Additional Edition: ISBN 9780804744041

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780804744041

Language: English

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Format: VIII, 232 S , 24 cm

Edition: Orig. print

ISBN: 0804744041

Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-227) and index

Language: English

Keywords: Man, Hendrik de 1885-1953 ; Horkheimer, Max 1895-1973 ; Kołakowski, Leszek 1927-2009 ; Marxismus

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Format: 1 online resource (viii, 232 pages)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 0-8047-8027-7 , 0-585-45783-2

Content: The collapse of Marxism as a compelling ideology and political force is one of the most important developments in the history of twentieth-century Europe. This book seeks to understand the failure of Marxism by viewing it up close, in the experiences of three important Marxist intellectuals—the Belgian Henri De Man, the German Max Horkheimer, and the Pole Leszek Kolakowski—each of whom embraced Marxism early in life and later decisively rejected it. The author focuses on the processes through which these three figures lost their faith in Marxism, thereby providing the framework for a more general account of modern ideological disenchantment. An introductory chapter surveys an earlier stage of that disenchantment by examining the appeal of Nietzsche and his concept of the superman to Marxist intellectuals in each of the major European socialist movements, focusing particularly on those who have lost confidence in the redemptive historical role of the proletariat. In studying the ideological trajectory of De Man, Horkheimer, and Kolakowski, the author identifies the common dilemmas they faced in their efforts to advance the Marxist cause. Those dilemmas arose in large part out of the clash between their bourgeois ethical sensibilities and the materialistic and deterministic outlook of orthodox Marxism. This clash provides a connecting link between the three generations of Marxist intellectuals dealt with in the study. The author also discusses the aftermath of these three versions of ideological disenchantment—the attempts of each of these intellectuals to reconstruct a view of the world following the dissolution of his Marxist faith. The book concludes by placing Marxism in a broad historical context, and raises questions about its place—and that of the utopian imagination in general—within Western civilization.

Note: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph , Front matter -- , Acknowledgments -- , Contents -- , Introduction -- , PART I Anticipations -- , CHAPTER 1 The Nietzschean Presence in the European Socialist Movements -- , PART II Three Case Studies -- , CHAPTER 2 Henri De Man -- , CHAPTER 3 Max Horkheimer -- , CHAPTER 4 Leszek Kolakowski -- , Conclusion -- , Notes -- , Index , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8047-4404-1

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9780804780278