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Marxist critique and philosophical hermeneutics: Outlines of a hermeneutical-historical materialism
Philosophy Against Empire, v 4, pp 235-242
01 Jan 2006
Abstract
Philosophically robust conceptions of ethical life and moral critique would advance the struggle against capital. Marx can be read as implying that human life is irreducibly meaningful, linguistic, and cultural, but he often is not. Whether or not Marx recognized them himself, these dimensions of life have not been sufficiently thematized or developed by Marxists. I argue that we can move toward doing so with assistance from Hans-Georg Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics. A hermeneutical approach to historical materialism would help clarify and articulate some aspects of Marxism which in particular have been hard to resolve within a wider view of the ethical, political, scientific, and historical dimensions of social action and change.
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- Title
- Marxist critique and philosophical hermeneutics: Outlines of a hermeneutical-historical materialism
- Creators
- Peter AmatoPhilosophy Documentation Center
- Contributors
- T Smith (Editor)H VanderLinden (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Philosophy Against Empire, v 4, pp 235-242
- Series
- Radical Philosophy Today
- Publisher
- Philosophy Documentation Ctr
- Number of pages
- 9
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- English and Philosophy
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000242397300013
- Other Identifier
- 991019167796704721
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