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Ethical Marxism and its Radical Critics

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  • © 1998

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  1. Lawrence Wilde

    1. The Nottingham Trent University, UK

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction: Marx, Ethics and Ethical Marxism

    • Lawrence Wilde
    Pages 1-9

  3. The Essentialist Marx

    • Lawrence Wilde
    Pages 10-30

  4. Ethics, Justice, Freedom

    • Lawrence Wilde
    Pages 31-50

  5. Affluent Alienation and its Contestation

    • Lawrence Wilde
    Pages 51-76

  6. Against Productivism: Habermas and Gorz

    • Lawrence Wilde
    Pages 77-102

  7. Feminism and Marx’s Humanism

    • Lawrence Wilde
    Pages 103-121

  8. Mastering Nature

    • Lawrence Wilde
    Pages 122-141

  9. Ethics and Politics

    • Lawrence Wilde
    Pages 142-154

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 155-189
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Ethical Marxism and its Radical Critics argues that Marx's conception of human essence is the foundation for an ethic of liberation which permeates his social theory. It testifies to his significant debt to Greek philosophy and culture. Wilde examines how his humanistic ethic was developed by Marcuse and Fromm, and how it has been rejected by Habermas and Gorz. He also explores reservations expressed from feminist and ecological standpoints. The book has been revised in the light of these criticisms, and offers insights into how progress may be made towards a socialist ethical community.

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`A very successful attempt to rescue an ethical democratic Marx and to compare and contrast this with recent post-Marxist trends. There is a succinct and concise exposition of Marx's early humanism. This political ethic is defended against representative examples of Marx's radical critics by showing it to be compatible with elements of the Frankfurt school, influential analyses of post-industrial society, green approaches and feminism.' - David McLellan, Professor of Political Theory, University of Kent

'...belongs on the reading list of any course dealing with the theory and practice of politics, to give to the next generation a sense of the power of Marx's political thinking.' - Ian Forbes, History of Political Thought

Authors and Affiliations

  • The Nottingham Trent University, UK

    Lawrence Wilde

About the author

LAWRENCE WILDE is Reader in Political Theory in the Department of Economics and Politics at The Nottingham Trent University, where he has taught since 1979. He is author of Marx and Contradiction (Aldershot and Brookfield USA: Avebury, 1989) and Modern European Socialism (Aldershot and Brookfield USA: Dartmouth, 1994) and co-editor with Mark Cowling of Approaches to Marx (Milton Keynes and Philadelphia: Open University Press, 1989).

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