The Theory of Need in Marx (eBook)

Agnes Heller (Autor)

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2018 | Ebook UK & RoW
144 Seiten
Verso (Verlag)
978-1-78663-614-0 (ISBN)

Infos

The basic discoveries underlying Marx's critique of political economy - labour power, surplus value, use value - are all in some way built upon the concept of need. From Marx's varying and passing interpretations of a theory of need, Agnes Heller unravels the main tendencies and demonstrates the importance which Marx attached to the "e;restructuring"e; of a system of needs going beyond the purely material. She also brings out those aspects, especially the idea of "e;radical needs"e; which point to revolutionary activity and to the project which Marx could only foresee but which for us today is of real urgency: the "e;society of associated producers"e;. Thus Agnes Heller's study is not only the first full presentation of a fundamental aspect of Marx, but the basis for a discussion of the utmost contemporary relevance.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.4.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Radical Thinkers
• Reihe/Serie: Radical Thinkers
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• Schlagworte: Capital • Capitalism • Karl Marx • Lukács • Philosophy • Political Economy • radical thinkers • Social Need • Value
• ISBN-10: 1-78663-614-X / 178663614X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78663-614-0 / 9781786636140