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Ethics, Essence and Immanence: Marx's Normative Essentialism
- Author(s):
- Peter Critchley (see profile)
- Date:
- 2018
- Subject(s):
- Aristotle, Ethics, Marx, Karl, 1818-1883, Communism, Socialism, Philosophy, Sociology
- Item Type:
- Book
- Tag(s):
- essentialism, Marx, Karl Marx, Marxism, Social theory
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6P26Q31T
- Abstract:
- Volume Two of Marx's Socialism from Within. Here I locate Marx within a concept of rational freedom which holds that the freedom of each individual is conditional upon and co-existent with the freedom of all individuals. I, in turn, ground that concept in Marx's normative essentialist anthropology. I show that an essentialist metaphysics is central to Marx's presentation of socialism as a vision of the immanent society, giving ethics a particular character in Marx's practical critique.
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- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 5 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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