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Socialism as the development of liberalism: Marxist analysis of values / Satoshi Matsui.

9783030812577 (electronic bk.)
303081257X (electronic bk.)
3030812561
9783030812560
9783030812584
3030812588
9783030812591
3030812596

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.

English

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10.1007/978-3-030-81257-7 doi

HX73

320.5315

This book addresses the question of what socialism is according to fundamental values rather than institutions. Arguing that Marxist socialism is not only more gradual but also more radical than how it is usually understood, this book shows that socialism extends liberalism by inheriting and furthering liberal justice, including fundamental human rights. Simultaneously, socialism ultimately rejects liberalism because it does not consider liberal values, such as liberty and equality, societys primary principles. Satoshi Matsui offers a new theory: alienation has two dimensions. Marxists seek to rectify policies that violate justice in a capitalist society, and injustice in capitalism is alienations first dimension. From a communist societys perspective, however, justice itself is an alienated idea and the second dimension of alienation. Marxs theory of alienation does not deny the liberal theory of justice but is rather a universal system that encompasses it. By fundamentally reexamining Marxism, this volume provides a basic guideline for overcoming capitalist society and constructing a communist society. Satoshi Matsui is Professor of Economics at Senshu University, Japan, where he teaches Marxist economics and social philosophy. He studied philosophy at the University of Tokyo and earned a Ph.D. in economics at Hitotsubashi University. He has also worked for Ritsumeikan University and Toyama University, Japan, in the past.

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Marx, Engels, and Marxisms.

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SOCIALISM AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIBERALISM.

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