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In None so Fit to Break the Chains Dan Swain offers an interpretation of Marx's ethics that foregrounds his commitment to working-class self-emancipation and argues for the continued relevance of this principle for contemporary politics. Self-emancipation is frequently overlooked in discussions of Marx's ethics, but it deeply influenced his criticism of capitalism, his approach towards an alternative, and his conception of his own role as activist and theorist. Foregrounding self-emancipation offers new perspectives on existing debates in the interpretation of Marx, such as the meanings of concepts like alienation, exploitation and utopianism, and can also offer broader insights into the relationship between critical theory and practice that have an enduring relevance today.

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Author:   Dan Swain
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   194
Weight:   0.511kg
ISBN:  

9789004315778

ISBN 10:   9004315772
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   12 September 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Note on References Introduction 1 'Our notion from the very beginning' 2 Ethics and Politics 3 Overview of Chapters 1 Prometheus Plus Spartacus 1 Introduction 2 The Action of Freedom 3 Labour and Objectification 4 Democracy 2 From Freedom to Self-Emancipation 1 Introduction 2 Reckonings 3 Linking the Present to the Future 4 Educating the Educator 3 Historical Materialism and Self-Emancipation 1 History and Prophecy 2 False Starts 3 History as Constraint 4 It's Been Coming! - Determination and Inevitability 5 History and Strategy 4 Communism, Utopia and Vision 1 Introduction 2 Communism as Vision 3 Whose ideals, whose society? 4 Utopia Negativa 5 Exploitation, Justice and Freedom 1 Introduction 2 Exploitation and Justice 3 Mutato Nomine de te Fabula Narratur 4 The Wedges of Hephaestus 6 Alienation, Human Nature, Human Good 1 Introduction 2 Marx and Human Nature 3 Revolutionary Aristotelianism and its Limits 4 The Human Bad 7 Denouncing the Abyss 1 Politics and the Political 2 Politicising and Depoliticising 3 Demanding, Smashing, Seizing 4 Politics and Self-Emancipation 8 Self-Emancipation and Revolutionary Practice 1 Introduction 2 Leon Trotsky and the Interdependence of Means and Ends 3 Stephen D'Arcy and the Democratic Standard for Militancy 4 Georg Lukacs and the Actuality of Revolution 5 Jane McAlevey and Whole Worker Organising 6 Conclusion (Once More on Theory and Practice) Bibliography Index

Reviews

""Marx famously proclaimed that ‘the emancipation of the working classes must be conquered by the working classes themselves’ (Marx & Engels, 1955, p. 288), yet few thinkers go on to explore what that involves in detail. Dan Swain’s new book is an exception to this trend. Consistently clear and impressively wide-ranging, it offers an excellent resource for Marxists who take self-emancipation seriously."" - Paul Raekstad, in: Marx & Philosophy Review of Books [Full review]

Marx famously proclaimed that 'the emancipation of the working classes must be conquered by the working classes themselves' (Marx & Engels, 1955, p. 288), yet few thinkers go on to explore what that involves in detail. Dan Swain's new book is an exception to this trend. Consistently clear and impressively wide-ranging, it offers an excellent resource for Marxists who take self-emancipation seriously. - Paul Raekstad, in: Marx & Philosophy Review of Books [Full review]

Author Information

Dan Swain, Ph.D. (2015), Essex, is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences. He is the author of Alienation: An Introduction to Marx's Theory.

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