Author

Publication

2019 - BRILL

Language

English

Word Count

56,000 words, Guess

Page Count

224 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139789004315778
  • ISBN-109004315772
  • Library of Congress Control Number2019025227
  • OCLC Control Number1101361590
  • Better World Books9789004315778
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Classifications

  • LCCB3305.M74S93 2019
  • LCCB3305.M74 S93 2019

Description

"In None so Fit to Break the Chains Dan Swain offers an interpretation of Marx's ethics that foregrounds his commitment to working class self-emancipation and uses it as a guiding thread to interpret a number of different aspects of Marx's ethical thought. This commitment is frequently overlooked in discussions of Marx's ethics, but it deeply influenced his criticism of capitalism, his approach towards an alternative, and his conception of his own role as activist and theorist. Foregrounding self-emancipation offers new perspectives on various existing debates in the interpretation of Marx, such as the meanings of concepts like alienation, exploitation and utopianism, and can also offer insights into broader questions of the relationship between critical theory and practice"--

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