Marxist ethics within western political theory : a dialogue with republicanism, communitarianism, and liberalism

Fischer, Norman 1943- (author.).

Summary: "In this book on Marxist ethics, Norman Fischer applies abstract political philosophy and intellectual history to rarely discussed texts in terms of Marxist ethics. These include Marx's never translated German notes on Machiavelli, Montesquieu, and Rousseau, as well as Lewis Henry Morgan's' Ancient Society. Fischer's philosophical analysis of these texts demonstrates that there is a strain of Marxist ethics that is only understandable in the context of the great works of Western political theory and philosophy, particularly those that emphasize the republican value of public spiritedness, the communitarian value of solidarity and the liberal values of liberty and equality"--

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ISBN: 9781137456434
ISBN: 1137456434
Physical Description: print
231 pages ; 23 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction, Marxist Ethics within Western Political Theory -- pt. I Marxist Ethics of Republican Democracy -- 2. Roots of Marxist Republican Democratic Ethics -- 3. Historical Unfolding of Marxist Republican Democratic Ethics -- pt. II Marxist Communitarian and Liberal Ethics of Economic Justice and Property -- 4. Roots of Communitarian and Liberal Marxist Property and Justice Theory -- 5. Historical Unfolding of Communitarian Marxist Property and Justice Theory -- 6. Conclusion, Republican Marxism within Western Liberal Ethics.