Marxism and Ethics: Freedom, Desire, and Revolution

by Paul Blackledge

Marxism and Ethics is a comprehensive and highly readable introduction to the rich and complex history of Marxist ethical theory as it has evolved over the last century and a half. Paul Blackledge argues that Marx's ethics of freedom underpin his revolutionary critique of capitalism. Marx's conception of agency, he argues, is best understood through the lens of Hegel's synthesis of Kantian and Aristotelian ethical concepts. Marx's rejection...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438439903
• ISBN13: 9781438439907
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"