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Hegel and Marx on needs

the making of a monster

Ian Fraser

pp. 146-166

Abstract

For Hegel and Marx, the simple satisfaction of needs leads to the creation of a society that becomes an animated, monstrous beast over individuals. Both focus on this development through the contradictory movement of human beings in the shaping and making of their world. Hegel concentrates on the subject as Will manifesting itself in society through the satisfaction of its needs. Marx's concern is with workers' antagonistic satisfaction of their needs within capital.

Publication details

Published in:

Burns Tony, Fraser Ian (2000) The Hegel-Marx connection. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.

Pages: 146-166

DOI: 10.1057/9780230595934_7

Full citation:

Fraser Ian (2000) „Hegel and Marx on needs: the making of a monster“, In: T. Burns & I. Fraser (eds.), The Hegel-Marx connection, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 146–166.