Karl Marx Dictionary - Softcover

Stockhammer, Morris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806530987 ISBN 13: 9780806530987

Publisher: Philosophical Library, 2007

Synopsis

Karl Marx was the father of communism. Marx's philosophy hinges on his view of human nature. Along with the Hegelian dialectic, Marx inherited a disdain for the notion of an underlying invariant human nature. Sometimes Marxists express their views by contrasting “nature” with “history”. Sometimes they use the phrase “existence precedes consciousness”. The point, in either case, is that who a person is, is determined by where and when he is ― social context takes precedence over innate behavior; or, in other words, one of the main features of human nature is adaptability. Nevertheless, Marxian thought rests on the fundamental assumption that it is human nature to transform nature, and he calls this process of transformation "labour " and the capacity to transform nature labour power.

About this title

About the Author

Morris Stockhammer was a lexicographer and historian known for his subject dictionaries on famous philosophers including Immanuel Kant, Plato, Karl Marx, and Thomas Aquinas. He also published on European economics and history.

Edition details

• Publisher: Philosophical Library
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0806530987
• ISBN 13: 9780806530987
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 284