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- Offers a fresh critical approach to Marx's theory of the state
- Makes a significant contribution to philosophical and theoretical discussion concerning the political relation of democracy and communism
- Sheds light on the philosophical origins of the democracy-debate, drawing a clear demarcation line between liberalism and republicanism
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book constitutes a critical intervention in the theoretical discussion over the political relationship between democracy and communism. Shedding light on the philosophical origins of the democracy debate, it draws a clear demarcation line between liberalism and republicanism, arguing that after rejecting the former and supporting the latter, the young Marx endorsed 'true democracy' as a prelude to his forthcoming theory of communism. To this end, while following the dynamics of the Marxian history of political ideas and pre-communist theory of the state, the book takes into account the thought of a vast range of philosophers and political theorists, starting from the Ancient times (Aristotle), passing through the Age of Enlightenment (Spinoza, Rousseau), the German Idealist tradition (Hegel) the Young Hegelians’ Republicanism (Bauer, Ruge, Feuerbach), and reaching our own times (Arendt, Colletti, MacPherson, Castoriadis, Poulantzas). It will be of interest to students and scholars interested in the history of political thought, theories of democracy, and Marxism.
Keywords
- Marx and liberalism
- Marx and republicanism
- democratic theory
- theories of the state
- Marx's view on democracy
- philosophical inspirations for Karl Marx
- Critique of Hegel’s Theory of Right
- democratic theory of the state
- sovereignty of the demos
- epistemological break
- self-determination
- civil society
- democracy
Authors and Affiliations
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Panteion University, Athens, Greece
Alexandros Chrysis
About the author
Alexandros Chrysis is Professor of Philosophy of History at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: ‘True Democracy’ as a Prelude to Communism
Book Subtitle: The Marx of Democracy
Authors: Alexandros Chrysis
Series Title: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57541-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-57540-7Published: 12 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86188-3Published: 04 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-57541-4Published: 10 December 2017
Series ISSN: 2524-714X
Series E-ISSN: 2524-7158
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 248
Topics: Political Theory, Democracy, Political Philosophy, Political History