Marx, Engels, and Marxisms: The Philosophy of Real Abstraction

Oliva, Antonio; Oliva, Ángel; Novara, Iván

This edited volume brings together an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars to explore the traces of the idea of “Real Abstraction” in Marx’s thought from the early to late writings, as well as the theoretical and practical consequences of this notion in the capitalist social system. Divided into two main parts, Part One reconstructs Marx’s notion of “Real Abstraction” and the influences of earlier thinkers (Berkley, Petty, Franklin, Feuerbach, Hegel) on his thoughts, as well as the further elaborations of this concept in later Marxist thinkers (Sohn-Rethel, Lukács, Lefebvre, Adorno and Postone). Part Two then considers the reverberations of the notion in the field of critical theory from a more abstract critique of capitalist social relations, to a more concrete understanding of historical movements. Taken together, the chapters in this volume offer a focused look at the concept of “Real Abstraction” in Marx.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2020-07-11

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783030399535

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-39954-2

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 338