UID:
edocfu_9958092775902883
Format:
1 online resource (302 p.)
Edition:
Reprint 2019
ISBN:
0-520-34086-8
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0-520-90712-4
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0-585-36503-2
Content:
From the Introduction:The present essay provides an introduction to the treatment of human existence and individuality in Marxist thought. The work will be primarily concerned with two related topics: the evaluation by Marxists of individual emancipation and their assessment of subjective factors in social theory. By taking up these taking up these topics within a systematic and historical framework, I hope to generate some fresh light on several familiar issues. First, I pursue a reading of Marx focused on his treatment of subjectivity, individuation, and related methodological and practical matters; second, I apply this interpretation to analyzing the dispute between Marxist orthodoxy and heterodoxy over such matters as class consciousness and the philosophy of materialism; finally, I employ this historical context to clarify the significance of "existential Marxism," Maurice Merleau-Ponty's and Jean-Paul Sartre's contribution to Marxist thought.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Front matter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction: Marxism and the Sense of Subjectivity --
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1. Marx's Hopes for Individuation --
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2. The "Real Individual" and Marx's Method --
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3. Marx's Concept of Labor --
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4. Reason, Interest, and the Necessity of History - the Ambiguities of Marx's Legacy --
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5. Engels and the Dialectics of Nature --
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6. The Rise of Orthodox Marxism --
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7. Revolutionary Rationalism- Luxemburg, Lukacs, and Gramsci --
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8. The Prospects for Individuation Reconsidered --
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9. Sartre-The Fear of Freedom --
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10. Merleau- Ponty- The Ambiguity of History --
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Epilogue --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-520-04779-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1525/9780520340862
