Marx's theory of alienation / István Mészáros
1970, 2nd edition. London : Merlin Press. Very good paperback copy; cover slightly creased and dulled as with age. Bright and clean internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #428220
Physical description; 356 pages illustrations 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-350). Contents; PART I: ORIGINS AND STRUCTURE OF THE MARXIAN THEORY -- I. Origins of the Concept of Alienation -- 1. The Judeo-Christian approach -- 2. Alienation as "universal saleability" -- 3. Historicity and the rise of anthropology -- 4. The end of "uncritical positivism" -- II. Genesis of Marx's Theory of Alienation -- 1. Marx's doctoral thesis and his critique of the modern state -- 2. The Jewish question and the problem of German emancipation -- 3. Marx's encounter with political economy -- 4. Monistic materialism -- 5. The transformation of Hegel's idea of "activity" -- III. Conceptual Structure of Marx's Theory of Alienation -- 1. Foundations of the Marxian system -- 2. Conceptual framework of Marx's theory of alienation -- 3. Alienation and teleology -- PART II: ASPECTS OF ALIENATION -- IV. Economic Aspects -- 1. Marx's critique of political economy -- 2. From partial to universal alienation -- 3. From political to economic alienation -- 4. Division and alienation of labour; competition and reification -- 5. Alienated labour and "human nature" -- V. Political Aspects -- 1. Property relations -- 2. Capitalistic objectification and freedom -- 3. Political "negation of the negation" and emancipation -- VI. Ontological and Moral Aspects -- 1. The "self-mediating being of nature" -- 2. The limits of freedom -- 3. Human attributes -- 4. The alienation of human powers -- 5. Means and ends, necessity and freedom: the practical programme of human emancipation -- 6. Legality, morality and education -- VII. Aesthetic Aspects -- 1. Meaning, value and need: an anthropomorphic framework of evaluation -- 2. Marx's concept of realism -- 3. The "emancipation of the human senses" -- 4. Production and consumption and their relation to art -- 5. The significance of aesthetic education -- PART III: CONTEMPORARY SIGNIFICANCE OF MARX'S THEORY OF ALIENATION -- VIII. The Controversy about Marx -- 1. "Young Marx" versus "mature Marx" -- 2. "Philosophy" versus "political economy" -- 3. Marx's intellectual development -- 4. Theory of alienation and philosophy of history -- IX. Individual and Society -- 1. Capitalist development and the cult of the individual -- 2. Individual and collectivity -- 3. Self-mediation of the social individual -- X. Alienation and the crisis of education -- 1. Educational utopias -- 2. The crisis of education -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Appendix -- Index. Subjects; Marx, Karl 1818-1883. Marx, Karl. Marx, Karl 1818-1883 Criticism and interpretation. Alienation (Social psychology). Communism Political aspects. Socialism Political aspects. Alienation. Social Psychology. Theories. Marxism. Philosophy.
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