Alienation Marx's Conception of Man in a Capitalist Society

Name: Alienation Marx's Conception of Man in a Capitalist Society
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ISBN: 9780521290838

ISBN-10: 052129083X

ISBN-13: 9780521290838

Edition: 2nd (Revised)

Authors: Bertell Ollman

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In this book, the most thorough account of Marx's theory of alienation yet to have appeared in English, Professor Ollman reconstructs the theory from its constituent parts and offers it as a vantage point from which to view the rest of Marxism. The book further contains a detailed examination of Marx's philosophy of internal relations, the much neglected logical foudation of his method, and provides a systematic account of Marx's conception of human nature. Because of its almost unique concern with helping readers understand Marx's unusual use of language, Alienation has proven very popular in university courses on Marxism on both undergraduate and graduate levels. The first edition was…

Book details

List price: $33.99
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/28/1977
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.19" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English




Philosophical Introduction



With words that appear like bats



Social relations as subject matter



The philosophy of internal relations



Is there a Marxian ethic



Dialectic as outlook



Dialectic as inquiry and exposition



Marx's Conception of Human Nature



Powers and needs



Natural man



Species man



Relating man to objects: orientation, perception



Appropriation



Nature as evidence



Activity, work, creativity



Man's social nature



The character of the species



Freedom as essence



Man, classes, people



The Theory of Alienation



The theory of alienation



Man's relation to his productive activity



Man's relation to his product



Man's relation to his fellow men



Man's relation to his species



The capitalist's alienation



The division of labor and private property



The labor theory of value: labor-power



Value as alienated labor



The metamorphosis of value



The fetishism of commoditites



Class as a value relation



State as a value relation



Religion as a value relation



Marx's critique of bourgeois ideology



Conclusion



A critical evaluation


Appendices