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Marx and the New Individual (RLE Marxism) (Hardcover)
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Marx and the New Individual (RLE Marxism) (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Marxism
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In what is the first sustained analysis of Marx's attitude to the
puzzle of the individual in history and society, this book, first
published in 1990, challenges received views on the importance of
class analysis and the place of a theory of human nature in Marx's
thought. The radical possibilities of individual agency in society
are explored within a Marxian framework, and without recourse to
the current fashions of methodological individualism or rational
choice theory. In the context of the apparent antagonism between
collectivist and individualist approaches to political explanation
and social change, the author establishes that a 'New Individual',
of singular importance for the understanding of contemporary
society, can be identified. For the first time, the Grundrisse
provides the basis of a major analysis of Marx's thoughts on the
individual. By illustrating the nature of the connections between
collective existence and individual experience, Ian Forbes makes an
important contribution towards the revitalization of socialist
thought. He also develops a valuable counterpoint to rational actor
models of politics and liberal theories of justice alike, by
establishing the importance of a political theory that values human
agency as much as it understands social and historical processes.
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