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Ethical Marxism and its radical critics

Lawrence Wilde

Abstract

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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Introduction

Marx, ethics and ethical Marxism

Lawrence Wilde

pp.1-9

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26865-8_1

The essentialist Marx Lawrence Wilde

pp.10-30

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26865-8_2

Ethics, justice, freedom Lawrence Wilde

pp.31-50

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26865-8_3

Affluent alienation and its contestation Lawrence Wilde

pp.51-76

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26865-8_4

Against productivism

Habermas and Gorz

Lawrence Wilde

pp.77-102

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26865-8_5

Feminism and Marx's humanism Lawrence Wilde

pp.103-121

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26865-8_6

Mastering nature Lawrence Wilde

pp.122-141

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26865-8_7

Ethics and politics Lawrence Wilde

pp.142-154

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26865-8_8

Publication details

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Place: Basingstoke

Year: 1998

Pages: 189

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-26865-8

ISBN (hardback): 978-1-349-26867-2

ISBN (digital): 978-1-349-26865-8

Full citation:

Wilde Lawrence (1998) Ethical Marxism and its radical critics. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.