Alienation and Emancipation in the Work of Karl Marx

George C. Comninel

ISBN 10: 134995912X / ISBN 13: 9781349959129

Edité par Palgrave Macmillan, GB, 2019

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This book considers Karl Marx's ideas in relation to the social and political context in which he lived and wrote. It emphasizes both the continuity of his commitment to the cause of full human emancipation, and the role of his critique of political economy in conceiving history to be the history of class struggles. The book follows his developing ideas from before he encountered political economy, through the politics of 1848 and the Bonapartist "farce,", the maturation of the critique of political economy in the Grundrisse and Capital, and his engagement with the politics of the First International and the legacy of the Paris Commune. Notwithstanding errors in historical judgment largely reflecting the influence of dominant liberal historiography, Marx laid the foundations for a new social theory premised upon the historical consequences of alienation and the potential for human freedom. Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2019 ed.

N° de réf. du vendeur LU-9781349959129

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Alienation and Emancipation in the Work of Karl Marx
• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan, GB
• Date de parution: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 134995912X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781349959129
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: New

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Synopsis

This book considers Karl Marx’s ideas in relation to the social and political context in which he lived and wrote. It emphasizes both the continuity of his commitment to the cause of full human emancipation, and the role of his critique of political economy in conceiving history to be the history of class struggles. The book follows his developing ideas from before he encountered political economy, through the politics of 1848 and the Bonapartist “farce,”, the maturation of the critique of political economy in the Grundrisse and Capital, and his engagement with the politics of the First International and the legacy of the Paris Commune. Notwithstanding errors in historical judgment largely reflecting the influence of dominant liberal historiography, Marx laid the foundations for a new social theory premised upon the historical consequences of alienation and the potential for human freedom.

À propos de l?auteur

George C. Comninel is Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Politics at York University, Canada. He is the author of Rethinking the French Revolution: Marxism and the Revisionist Challenge (1987), as well as articles and chapters on feudalism, the politics of the French Revolution, and Marx's thought.