Ethical Marxism : The Categorical Imperative of Liberation

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Bill, 1956-

Series:

Creative Marxism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communism.

Economics--Moral and ethical aspects.

Ethics.

Political ethics.

Socialism.

Local Subjects:

Communism.

Economics--Moral and ethical aspects.

Ethics.

Political ethics.

Socialism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (493 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Open Court, 2013.

Summary:

What role does ethics play in Marxism? Can ethical imperatives displace political economy at Marxism's core? In an age of rampant capitalism, can the vision of a free global society be kept alive? Bill Martin contends that these questions can't be answered within the cold confines of theoretical debate, but must be examined within a conversation of what is right and good. In arguing that the effects of capitalism cannot be judged solely by political and economic implications, Martin uses examples from science fiction as well as the real-world example of animal rights.

Contents:

Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction: Not Simply One Adjective among Others; PART 1: Marxism and the Language of Good and Evil, or, Theodicy and the Iron Law of Wages; PART 2: Unforgivable Napalm: Imperialism Is the Ethical Question of Our Time; PART 3: Sites, Ramifications: Animals, Places, Mao; 1. The ""Animal Question""; 2. Agriculture and the Question of Place (an Appreciation of Wendell Berry and Wes Jackson in the Context of Marxism); 3. Maoism and Beyond: The Next Synthesis; Conclusion: Ongoingness: The Ethics of Liberation and the Liberation of the Ethical; Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-8126-9861-4