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Alienation : Marx's conception of man in capitalist society / Bertell Ollman.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies in the history and theory of politicsPublisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1976Copyright date: ©1976Edition: Second editionDescription: xviii, 339 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0521212812
  • 9780521212816
  • 052129083X
  • 9780521290838
  • 052108086X
  • 9780521080866
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 301.62
LOC classification:
  • HM291 .O58 1976
Contents:
Part I. Philosophical Introduction -- 1. With words that appear like bats -- 2. Social relations as subject matter -- 3. The philosophy of internal relations -- 4. Is there a Marxian ethic -- 5. Dialectic as outlook -- 6. Dialectic as inquiry and exposition -- Part II. Marx's Conception of Human Nature -- 7. Powers and needs -- 8. Natural man -- 9. Species man -- 10. Relating man to objects: orientation, perception -- 11. Appropriation -- 12. Nature as evidence -- 13. Activity, work, creativity -- 14. Man's social nature -- 15. The character of the species -- 16. Freedom as essence -- 17. Man, classes, people -- Part III. The Theory of Alienation -- 18. The theory of alienation -- 19. Man's relation to his productive activity -- 20. Man's relation to his product -- 21. Man's relation to his fellow men -- 22. Man's relation to his species -- 23. The capitalist's alienation -- 24. The division of labor and private property -- 25. The labor theory of value: labor-power -- 26. Value as alienated labor -- 27. The metamorphosis of value -- 28. The fetishism of commoditites -- 29. Class as a value relation -- 30. State as a value relation -- 31. Religion as a value relation -- 32. Marx's critique of bourgeois ideology -- Part IV. Conclusion -- 33. A critical evaluation -- Appendices.
Summary: In this book, the most thorough account of Marx's theory of alienation yet to have appeared in English, Professor Ollman reconstructs the theory from its constituent parts and offers it as a vantage point from which to view the rest of Marxism. The book further contains a detailed examination of Marx's philosophy of internal relations, the much neglected logical foudation of his method, and provides a systematic account of Marx's conception of human nature. Because of its almost unique concern with helping readers understand Marx's unusual use of language, Alienation has proven very popular in university courses on Marxism on both undergraduate and graduate levels. The first edition was widely reviewed, and in this new edition Professor Ollman replies to his critics in 'More on internal relations, ' published here as Appendix II. In addition to this new appendix the author now provides a more systematic discussion of Marx's theory of ideology, elements of which were formerly dispersed throughout the book. He also attempts to set the treatment of political alienation within the broader framework of Marx's theory of the state as a model of how an approach based on internal relations can be used to integrate various apparently contradictory interpretations of Marx's views.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Philosophical Introduction -- 1. With words that appear like bats -- 2. Social relations as subject matter -- 3. The philosophy of internal relations -- 4. Is there a Marxian ethic -- 5. Dialectic as outlook -- 6. Dialectic as inquiry and exposition -- Part II. Marx's Conception of Human Nature -- 7. Powers and needs -- 8. Natural man -- 9. Species man -- 10. Relating man to objects: orientation, perception -- 11. Appropriation -- 12. Nature as evidence -- 13. Activity, work, creativity -- 14. Man's social nature -- 15. The character of the species -- 16. Freedom as essence -- 17. Man, classes, people -- Part III. The Theory of Alienation -- 18. The theory of alienation -- 19. Man's relation to his productive activity -- 20. Man's relation to his product -- 21. Man's relation to his fellow men -- 22. Man's relation to his species -- 23. The capitalist's alienation -- 24. The division of labor and private property -- 25. The labor theory of value: labor-power -- 26. Value as alienated labor -- 27. The metamorphosis of value -- 28. The fetishism of commoditites -- 29. Class as a value relation -- 30. State as a value relation -- 31. Religion as a value relation -- 32. Marx's critique of bourgeois ideology -- Part IV. Conclusion -- 33. A critical evaluation -- Appendices.

In this book, the most thorough account of Marx's theory of alienation yet to have appeared in English, Professor Ollman reconstructs the theory from its constituent parts and offers it as a vantage point from which to view the rest of Marxism. The book further contains a detailed examination of Marx's philosophy of internal relations, the much neglected logical foudation of his method, and provides a systematic account of Marx's conception of human nature. Because of its almost unique concern with helping readers understand Marx's unusual use of language, Alienation has proven very popular in university courses on Marxism on both undergraduate and graduate levels. The first edition was widely reviewed, and in this new edition Professor Ollman replies to his critics in 'More on internal relations, ' published here as Appendix II. In addition to this new appendix the author now provides a more systematic discussion of Marx's theory of ideology, elements of which were formerly dispersed throughout the book. He also attempts to set the treatment of political alienation within the broader framework of Marx's theory of the state as a model of how an approach based on internal relations can be used to integrate various apparently contradictory interpretations of Marx's views.

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