Marx and the common : from capital to the late writings / by Luca Basso ; translation by David Broder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baso, Luca, author.

Contributor:

Broder, David, translator.

Series:

Historical materialism book series ; Volume 105.

Historical Materialism Book Series, 1570-1522 ; Volume 105

Standardized Title:

Agire in comune. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism.

Individualism.

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.

Marx, Karl.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Marx and the Common , Luca Basso provides a detailed reconstruction of the late Marx's connection of the collective dimension of communism and the element of individual realisation. Through an original analysis of a vast range of Marx's writings - from Capital to his political texts and scientific notes - the author brings out an articulated historical-theoretical landscape in which the notion of 'individual' is intertwined with the ideas of 'class', 'society' and 'community'. Rooting his analysis in the revolutionary power of the workers' 'acting in common', Basso brings to the fore an anthropological dynamic in Marx, irreducible to either liberal individualism or any kind of organicist approach.

Contents:

Front Matter

Introduction

Fetishism and Subjects: Between Reality and Mystification

Ethnology and Forms of ‘the Common’

Individual Separation

Subjectivity and Class: The Space of Politics

Conclusion

References

Index.

Notes:

"First published in Italian by Ombre Corte Edizioni as Agire in comune. Antropologia e politica nell'ultimo Marx, Verona, 2012."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-30514-9

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004305144 DOI