The Great Philosophers Marx

You must be logged in to access this title.

Sign up now

Already a member? Log in

Synopsis

Part of the GREAT PHILOSOPHERS series.Terry Eagleton explains that freedom, for Marx, entailed release from commercial labour, "a kind of creative superabundance over what is materially essential". Eagleton outlines the relationship between production, labour and ownership which lie at the core of Marx's thinking. Marx's utopia was a place in which labour is increasingly automated, emancipating the wealth of sensuous individual development so that "savouring a peach [is an aspect] of our self-actualisation as much as building dams".

Book details

Series:
Great Philosophers (Book 13)
Author:
Terry Eagleton
ISBN:
9781780221816
Related ISBNs:
9780753801871
Publisher:
Orion
Pages:
80
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2021-03-22
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
1999
Copyright by:
Phoenix 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Philosophy