|
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Marxism & Communism
|
Not currently available
The Prison House of Alienation (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R3,352
Discovery Miles 33 520
|
|
|
The Prison House of Alienation (Hardcover)
Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available.
|
The Prison House of Alienation is an exploration of the humanist
theme of alienation that Marx theorized in his Economic and
Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844. It relates this theme of
alienation with the themes of haunting in the Manifesto of the
Communist Party and accumulation of capital that he outlined in his
magnum opus Capital. The volume claims that humanity plagued by
ghosts is dwelling in a prison house from which there seems no
escape. Yet humanity seeks to escape from this prison house. The
essays are a consequent journey in dramaturgy where science and art
truly meet to create emancipatory politics that goes well beyond
the entire discourse of twentieth-century socialism. The volume
begins with Hamlet's lament in Shakespeare's tragedy, who, struck
by alienation, is haunted by the ghost of his dead father. It then
discusses how instead of creating a radical theory for creating a
socialist alternative, 'haunting' gave way to interpretation as an
estranged hermeneutical act that displaces revolutionary theory and
praxis. This displacement of revolutionary praxis in turn gave way
to violence. This volume therefore also analyzes violence from
Clausewitz to Mao, revealing that a rigorous line must be drawn
between Stalinism and Maoism on one side, and authentic Marxism on
the other side. It concludes by questioning the very idea of
ideology, suggesting that ideology is not merely a false
consciousness, but a terrible psychotic act that would devour the
entire emancipatory project of Marxism itself. Placing the human
condition at the centre for alternative twenty-first-century
politics, The Prison House of Alienation reveals that there can be
no science without art and no politics without humanity. It will be
of great interest to scholars of philosophy and politics. The
essays were originally published in various issues of Critique:
Journal of Socialist Theory.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
