Marxism and Human Nature

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1、MARXISMANDHUMANNATURE‘Sayers’bookisanarticulate,sophisticatedandcleardiscussionofhumannatureasahistoricalphenomenon.’ProfessorDavidMcLellan,UniversityofKentIstheresuchathingashumannature?InMarxismandHumanNature,SeanSayersdefendsthecontroversialtheorythathumannatureisahistoricalphenomen

2、on.Thosewhodisagreewiththistheorycounterthatitleadstoformsofscepticismandrelativismwhichareatoddswithmorality;Sayersarguesthatthisneednotbethecase.DrawingontheworkofMarxandHegel,hedevelopsahistoricalaccountofhumanneedsandpowerswhichprovidesthebasisforadistinctiveformofMarxisthumanism.A

3、ccordingtothisview,humanbeingsarenotmerelypassiveindividualconsumers:theyareactive,socialandproductivebeings.Thefirsthalfofthebookexplorestheessentialroleworkplaysinourlivesandhowitcontributestoourfulfilment.Themoralandsocialimplicationsoftheseideasareanalysedinthesecondhalfinthecontex

4、tofcurrentworkbybothanalyticandpost-modernistthinkers.MarxismandHumanNaturegivesanambitiousandwide-rangingdefenceoftheMarxistandHegelianhistoricalapproach.Intheprocess,thebookengageswithawiderangeofworkattheheartofthecontemporarydebateonsocialandmoralphilosophy.Clearlyandengaginglywrit

5、ten,MarxismandHumanNaturewillilluminatethedebateforanyoneengagedinpoliticsorphilosophy.ItwillbeespeciallyrelevantforresearchersstudyingMarx,HegelorGorz.SeanSayersisReaderinPhilosophyattheUniversityofKentatCanterbury.WellknownforhisworkonMarx’sphilosophy,heistheauthorof,amongotherbooks,

6、RealityandReason(1985)andHegel,MarxandDialectic(1994).HeisalsoafoundingeditorofthejournalRadicalPhilosophy.ROUTLEDGESTUDIESINSOCIALANDPOLITICALTHOUGHT1HAYEKANDAFTERHayekianliberalismasaresearchprogrammeJeremyShearmur2CONFLICTSINSOCIALSCIENCEEditedbyAntonvanHarskamp3POLITICALTHOUGHTOFAN

7、DRÉCORZAdrianLittle4CORRUPTION,CAPITALISMANDDEMOCRACYJohnGirling5FREEDOMANDCULTUREINWESTERNSOCIETYHansBlokland6FREEDOMINECONOMICSNewperspectivesinnormativeanalysisEditedbyJean-FrancoisLaslier,MarcFleurbaey,NicolasGravelandAlainTrannoy7AGAINSTPOLITICSOngovernmentandorderAnthonydeJasay