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Marx's Theory of Alienation
Meszaros, Istvan
http://www.connexions.org/CxArchive/MIA/meszaros/works/alien/index.htmPublisher: Merlin Press, London, United Kingdom Year Published: 1970 Pages: 356pp Dewey: 301.62 Resource Type: Book Cx Number: CX6423 Meszaros provides a comprehensive treatment of Marx's theory of alienation by surveying Marx's work as a whole. In doing so, he argues against the commonly held distinction between a young philosophically-oriented Marx and a mature economics-oriented Marx. Abstract: - Table of Contents Prefaces Introduction Part 1: Origins and Structure of the Marxian Theory 1. Origins of the Concept of Alienation i) The Judeo-Christian Approach ii) Alienation as "Universal Saleability" iii) Historicity and the Rise of Anthropology iv) The End of "Uncritical Positivism" 2. Genesis of Marx's Theory of Alienation i) Marx's Doctoral Thesis and His Critique of the Modern State ii) The Jewish Question and the Problem of German Emancipation iii) Marx's Encounter with Political Economy iv) Monistic Materialism v) The Transformation Hegel's Idea of "Activity" 3. Conceptual Structure of Marx's Theory of Alienation i) Foundations of the Marxian System ii) Conceptual Framework of Marx's Theory of Alienation iii) Alienation and Teleology Part 2: Aspects of Alienation 4. Economic Aspects i) Marx's Critique of Political Economy ii) From Partial to Universal Alienation iii) From Political to Economic Alienation iv) Division and Alienation of Labour; Competition and Reification v) Alienated Labour and "Human Nature" 5. Political Aspects i) Property Relations ii) Capitalistic Objectification and Freedom iii) Political "Negation of the Negation" and Emancipation 6. Ontological and Moral Aspects i) The "Self-mediating Being of Nature" ii) The Limits of Freedom iii) Human Attributes iv) The Alienation of Human Powers v) Means and Ends, Necessity and Freedom: the Practical Programme of Human Emancipation vi) Legality, Morality and Education 7. Aesthetic Aspects i) Meaning, Value and Need: an Anthropomorphic Framework of Evaluation ii) Marx's Concept of Realism iii) The "Emancipation of the Human Senses" iv) Production and Consumption and Their Relation to Art v) The Significance of Aesthetic Education Part 3: Contemporary Significance of Marx's Theory of Alienation 8. The Controversy About Marx i) "Young Marx" versus "Mature Marx" ii) "Philosophy" versus "Political Economy" iii) Marx's Intellectual Development iv) Theory of Alienation and Philosophy of History 9. Individual and Society i) Capitalist Development and the Cult of the Individual ii) Individual and Collectivity iii) Self-mediation of the Social Individual 10. Alienation and the Crisis of Education i) Educational Utopias ii) The Crisis of Education Notes Bibliography Appendix Index Subject Headings |