Becoming Marxist : studies in philosophy, struggle, and endurance / by Ted Stolze.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stolze, Ted, author.

Series:

Historical Materialism Book Series 190.

Historical materialism book series, 1570-1522 ; Volume 190

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Marxist.

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.

Marx, Karl.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (409 pages).

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, 2019.

Summary:

In Becoming Marxist Ted Stolze offers a series of studies that take up the importance of philosophy for the development of an open and critical Marxism. He argues that an adequate ‘philosophy for Marxism’ must be open to engagement with a diverse range of traditions, texts, and authors – from Paul of Tarsus, via Averroes, Spinoza, and Hobbes, to Althusser, Deleuze, Negri, Habermas, and Žižek. Stolze also explores such practical contemporary issues as the politics of self-emancipation, the nature of Islamophobia, and climate change.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright Page

Dedication

Motto

Preface

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Marxism and the History of Philosophy

What is a Philosophical Tendency?

Paul of Tarsus, Thinker of the Conjuncture

Paul’s Gift Economy: Wages, Debt, and Debt Cancellation

Althusser and the Problem of Historical Individuality

‘The Roaring of the Sea’: Hobbes on the Madness of the Multitude

Spinoza’s Three Modes of Rebellion: Indignant, Glorious, and Serene

Alexandre Matheron on Militant Reason and the Intellectual Love of God

An Ethics for Marxism: Spinoza on Fortitude

Marxism and Contemporary Philosophy

Death and Life in Marx’s Capital: an Ethical Investigation

Hegel or Spinoza: Substance, Subject, and Critical Marxism

Contradictions of Hyperreality: Baudrillard, Žižek, and Virtual Dialectics

A Marxist Encounter with the Philosophy of Gilles Deleuze

Deleuze and Althusser: Flirting with Structuralism

Marxist Wisdom: Antonio Negri on the Book of Job

A Displaced Transition: Habermas on the Public Sphere

Self-Emancipation, Then and Now

Self-Emancipation and Political Marxism

Islamophobia and Self-Emancipation

Climate Crisis, Ideology, and Collective Action

Beatitude: Marx, Aristotle, Averroes, Spinoza

Back Matter

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-28098-7

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004280984 DOI