Karl Marx's realist critique of capitalism : freedom, alienation, and socialism / Paul Raekstad.
2022
HX39.5
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Title
Karl Marx's realist critique of capitalism : freedom, alienation, and socialism / Paul Raekstad.
Author
Raekstad, Paul, author.
ISBN
9783031063534 (electronic bk.)
3031063538 (electronic bk.)
9783031063527
303106352X
3031063538 (electronic bk.)
9783031063527
303106352X
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Language
English
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1 online resource.
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10.1007/978-3-031-06353-4 doi
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HX39.5
Dewey Decimal Classification
335.4
Summary
This book offers the first realist reconstruction of Marxs critique of capitalism. Reading Marx through a realist lens enables us to make sense of the connections between (1) Marxs positive concept of freedom, rooted in a theory of human development, (2) his understanding of alienation as diagnosing capitalist unfreedom, and (3) his conceptions of democracy and socialism, respectively, as the cures for this unfreedom. Along the way, it discusses and responds to some of Marxs most insightful critics, such as Max Weber and Friedrich Hayek. This clarifies Marxs ideas for a new generation of political thinkers; explains the challenge they pose to contemporary debates about freedom, democracy, and future economic institutions; and demonstrates that these ideas remain both defensible and compelling. Paul Raekstad is an Assistant Professor of Political Theory at the University of Amsterdam working on radical political theory, in particular Marxism, anarchism, prefigurative politics, and direct action. They co-authored Prefigurative Politics: Building Tomorrow Today (2020).
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Marx, Engels, and Marxisms.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Human Development as a Normative Commitment
3. Freedom and Human Development
4. The First Critique of Alienation
5. Democracy
6. From Realisation-Oriented to Agent-Centred Political Theory
7. Alienation and Unfreedom
8. The Socialist Alternative
9. Radical Theory and Revolutionary Praxis
10: Towards a New World.
2. Human Development as a Normative Commitment
3. Freedom and Human Development
4. The First Critique of Alienation
5. Democracy
6. From Realisation-Oriented to Agent-Centred Political Theory
7. Alienation and Unfreedom
8. The Socialist Alternative
9. Radical Theory and Revolutionary Praxis
10: Towards a New World.