Karl Marx and the Actualization of Philosophy
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2025
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-30480-1 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-30480-1 (ISBN)
This book is for all those-across philosophy, political theory, sociology, geography, and literature—interested in Marx's overall intellectual project. It explains the development of Marx's project, culminating in his mature magnum opus, Capital, in terms of the demand issued in his earliest works for the 'actualization of philosophy'.
It is indisputable that Marx began his intellectual trajectory as a philosopher, but it is often thought that he subsequently turned away from philosophy. In this book, Christoph Schuringa proposes a radically different reading of Marx's intellectual project and demonstrates that from his earliest writings his aim was the 'actualization' of philosophy. Marx, he argues, should be understood not as turning away from philosophy, but as seeking to make philosophy a practical force in the world. By analysing a series of texts from across Marx's output, Schuringa shows that Marx progressively overcame what he called 'self-sufficient philosophy', not in order to leave philosophy behind but to bring it into its own. This involves a major reinterpretation of Marx's relationship to his ancestors Aristotle, Kant and Hegel, and shows that philosophy, as it actualizes itself, far from being merely a body of philosophical doctrine, figures as an instrument of the revolution.
It is indisputable that Marx began his intellectual trajectory as a philosopher, but it is often thought that he subsequently turned away from philosophy. In this book, Christoph Schuringa proposes a radically different reading of Marx's intellectual project and demonstrates that from his earliest writings his aim was the 'actualization' of philosophy. Marx, he argues, should be understood not as turning away from philosophy, but as seeking to make philosophy a practical force in the world. By analysing a series of texts from across Marx's output, Schuringa shows that Marx progressively overcame what he called 'self-sufficient philosophy', not in order to leave philosophy behind but to bring it into its own. This involves a major reinterpretation of Marx's relationship to his ancestors Aristotle, Kant and Hegel, and shows that philosophy, as it actualizes itself, far from being merely a body of philosophical doctrine, figures as an instrument of the revolution.
Christoph Schuringa is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Northeastern University London. He has published widely on the history of philosophy and on Marx and Marxism, and is editor of the Hegel Bulletin.
Introduction; 1. Marx on the history of ancient Greek philosophy; 2. Marx's critique of Hegel: politics; 3. Marx's critique of Hegel: logic; 4. Humanism and naturalism in the Paris Manuscripts; 5. From mere philosophy to historical materialism; 6. Capital: value, labour-power, exploitation, crisis; 7. Capital: dialectic; 8. Actualizing philosophy; Bibliography.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.04.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit | |
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| ISBN-10 | 1-009-30480-1 / 1009304801 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-30480-1 / 9781009304801 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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