In The Philosophy of Marx, Etienne Balibar provides an accessible introduction to Marx and his key followers, complete with pedagogical information for the student to make the most challenging areas of theory easy to understand. Examining all the key areas of Marxs writings in their wider historical and theoretical contextincluding the concepts of class struggle, ideology, humanism, progress, determinism, commodity fetishism, and the stateThe Philosophy of Marx is a gateway into the thought of one of historys great minds.
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A very intelligent and creative work-succinct and informative; it explores the ways in which Marxism as such challenges traditional philosophy (and the problems the latter possesses for it). It would certainly have a privileged place on the shelf of contemporary studies of Marx. -- Fredric Jameson A trenchant and exciting analysis of the philosophy of Marx. It is intelligent and original, and makes us understand the ways in which reading Marx lucidly can be very useful to us today. No dogma here and no banalities. A refreshing book. -- Immanuel Wallerstein
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"No dogma here and no banalities. A refreshing book." -Immanuel Wallerstein
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1 Marxist Philosophy or Marx's Philosophy? |
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Philosophy and non-philosophy |
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2 Changing the World: From Praxis to Production |
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Revolution against philosophy |
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Praxis and class struggle |
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The two sides of idealism |
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The reality of the `human essence' |
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The revolutionary overturning of history |
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3 Ideology or Fetishism: Power and Subjection |
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The autonomy and limits of consciousness |
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The necessity of appearances |
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Marx and idealism (reprise) |
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Exchange and obligation: the symbolic in Marx |
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The question of `human rights' |
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From the idol to the fetish |
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4 Time and Progress: Another Philosophy of History? |
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The negation of the negation |
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The Marxist ideologies of progress |
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A schema of causality (dialectic I) |
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The instance of the class struggle |
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The `bad side' of history |
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Real contradiction (dialectic II) |
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The truth of economism (dialectic III) |
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Three philosophical pathways |
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Étienne Balibar is the most celebrated student of Louis Althusser. A leading exponent of French radical philosophy, Balibar is the author of Spinoza and Politics and co-author of Race, Nation and Class and Reading Capital.
