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Book SynopsisThis is one of the most respected books on Marx's philosophical thought. Wood explains Marx's views from a philosophical standpoint and defends Marx against common misunderstandings and criticisms of his views. All the major philosophical topics in Marx's work are considered: the central concept of alienation; historical materialism and Marx's account of social classes; the nature and social function of morality; philosophical materialism and Marx's atheism; and Marx's use of the Hegelian dialectical method and the Marxian theory of value.The second edition has been revised to include a new chapter on capitalist exploitation and new suggestions for further reading. Wood has also added a substantial new preface which looks at Marx's thought in light of the fall of the Soviet Union and our continued ambivalence towards capitalism, exploring Marx's continuing relevance in the twenty-first century.Table of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition -- Biographical Sketch -- Introduction -- PART -- Alienation -- 1 The Concept of Alienation -- 1 The young Marx’s ‘theory’ of alienation -- 2 What is ‘alienation’? -- 3 Alienation and false consciousness -- 4 Alienation and practice -- 2 The Human Essence -- 1 The species being -- 2 Species consciousness and alienation -- 3 Self-actualization -- 4 Human essential powers -- 3 Human Production -- 1 Conscious life activity -- 2 Labor as self-affirmation -- 3 Objectification and appropriation -- 4 Alienation and Capitalism -- 1 The capitalist division of labor -- 2 Capitalism and freedom -- 3 Assessing Marx on capitalist alienation -- PART -- Historical Materialism -- 5 Production and Society -- 1 ‘Economic determinism’ -- 2 Productive powers, production relations -- 3 A ‘technological’ theory of history? -- 4 Productive powers and historical development -- 6 Classes -- 1 Social relations, property relations -- 2 History and social classes -- 3 Class interests -- 4 Class struggles -- 7 Materialist Explanations -- 1 Historical materialism as an empirical hypothesis -- 2 Materialist explanations are teleological -- 3 Is Marx a historical teleologist? -- 8 Materialism, Agency and Consciousness -- 1 Is Marx a determinist? -- 2 Three senses of ‘ideology’ -- 3 Ideology and science -- PART -- Marxism and Morality -- 9 Marx on Right and Justice -- 1 Does Marxism have moral foundations? -- 2 Marx’s concept of justice -- 3 Capitalism and commodity exchange -- 4 Capital exploits justly -- 10 Morality as Ideology -- 1 The social function of morality -- 2 Marxism and utilitarianism -- 3 Is Marx an immoralist? -- 4 Why should a Marxist be moral? -- 5 Marx’s attitude toward morality, and our attitude -- PART -- Philosophical Materialism -- 11 Materialist Naturalism -- 1 What is materialism? -- 2 Marx’s atheism -- 3 The essentiality of humanity and nature -- 12 Materialist Realism -- 1 Knowledge and practice -- 2 The contemplative attitude -- 3 Is Marx an idealist? -- PART -- The Dialectical Method -- 13 The Hegelian Dialectic -- 1 Hegel’s vision of reality -- 2 Organic development or dialectic -- 3 Dialectic and formal logic -- 14 The Marxian Dialectic -- 1 The ‘rational kernel’ in the ‘mystical shell’ -- 2 ‘Inverting’ Hegel -- 3 Reproducing the concrete in thought -- 15 Dialectic in Capital -- 1 The structure of ‘Capital’ -- 2 Values and production prices -- 3 The law of value -- 4 Value and exploitation -- 16 Capitalist Exploitation -- 1 What is exploitation? -- 2 The vulnerability of labor to capital -- 3 Capitalist apologetics about exploitation -- 4 What is bad about capitalist exploitation? -- 5 How to think about capitalist exploitation -- Concluding Remark -- Notes -- Some Further Reading -- Index
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Book SynopsisTheodor W. Adorno (1903-69) was one of the foremost philosophers and social theorists of the post-war period. Crucial to the development of Critical Theory, his highly original and distinctive but often difficult writings not only advance questions of fundamental philosophical significance, but provide deep-reaching analyses of literature, art, music sociology and political theory. In this comprehensive introduction, Brian O'Connor explains Adorno's philosophy for those coming to his work for the first time, through original new lines of interpretation. Beginning with an overview of Adorno's life and key philosophical views and influences, which contextualizes the intellectual environment in which he worked, O'Connor assesses the central elements of Adorno's philosophy.He carefully examines Adorno's distinctive style of analysis and shows how much of his work is a critical response to the various forms of identity thinking that have underpinned the destruTrade Review'Introductions such as Brian O'Connor's Adorno are a genre in their own right with their proper demands. ... O'Connor's style is careful, mercifully jargon-free, and nicely suited to the genre. He is not seduced into emulating Adorno's scintillating style, and he handles Adorno's abstruse concepts with insight and dexterity.' - James Gordon Finlayson, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews'O’Connor’s book stands out as an exceptionally lucid and reliable introduction to a notoriously difficult thinker. I can think of no study of this kind that so elegantly and effectively explores Adorno’s thought and its relevance to our own time.' - Espen Hammer, Temple University, USA'This long-awaited introduction is an ideal starting point for anyone interested in Adorno’s rich and challenging work. O’Connor succeeds in combining accessibility with philosophical sophistication and interpretative nuance. He unlocks major difficulties with which Adorno’s writings presents us and demonstrates the enduring importance of non-identity thinking.' - Fabian Freyenhagen, University of Essex, UK"This is unquestionably the best introduction to Adorno available, and should be recommended to anyone hoping to familiarize themselves with this difficult and rewarding philosopher." -Owen Hulatt, Unversity of York, UK "This book is a most welcome addition to the Routledge Philosophers series. Brian O’Connor’s slim volume is perhaps the most concise yet wide-ranging of all introductions to Theodor W. Adorno’s (1903–1969) thought currently in print today. O’Connor’s text deserves a spot on the shelf of anyone who is interested in the Frankfurt School in general or Adorno in particular. Those who are interested in learning more about the philosopher by the name of Adorno would be wise to pick this book up." -Patrick Gamsby, Brandeis University, USA "...this new introduction is lucid and gripping...In particular, it is excellent in bringing out the significance of Adorno's criticisms of identity-thinking, which are too often dismissed as obscure." -Koshka Duff in Marx & Philosophy Review of Books'Introductions such as Brian O'Connor's Adorno are a genre in their own right with their proper demands. ... O'Connor's style is careful, mercifully jargon-free, and nicely suited to the genre. He is not seduced into emulating Adorno's scintillating style, and he handles Adorno's abstruse concepts with insight and dexterity.' - James Gordon Finlayson, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews'O’Connor’s book stands out as an exceptionally lucid and reliable introduction to a notoriously difficult thinker. I can think of no study of this kind that so elegantly and effectively explores Adorno’s thought and its relevance to our own time.' - Espen Hammer, Temple University, USA'This long-awaited introduction is an ideal starting point for anyone interested in Adorno’s rich and challenging work. O’Connor succeeds in combining accessibility with philosophical sophistication and interpretative nuance. He unlocks major difficulties with which Adorno’s writings presents us and demonstrates the enduring importance of non-identity thinking.' - Fabian Freyenhagen, University of Essex, UKTable of ContentsChronology 1. Adorno’s Life and Philosophical Motivations 2. Society 3. Experience 4. Metaphysics 5. Freedom and Morality 6. Aesthetics 7. Philosophical Legacy. Glossary Bibliography. Index
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Book SynopsisEverything is open to question. Nothing is sacred.Critical and cultural theory invites a rethinking of some of our most basic assumptions about who we are, how we behave, and how we interpret the world around us.The Routledge Critical and Cultural Theory Reader brings together 29 key pieces from the last century and a half that have shaped the field. Topics include: subjectivity, language, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, the body, the human, class, culture, everyday life, literature, psychoanalysis, technology, power, and visuality. The choice of texts, together with the editors'' introduction and glossary, will allow newcomers to begin from first principles, while the use of unabridged readings will also make the volume suitable for those undertaking more specialized work. Material is arranged chronologically, but the editors have suggested thematic pathways through the selections. Table of ContentsPathways Acknowledgments Editors’ Introduction 1. Karl Marx, ‘Preface (to a Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy)’, 1859. 2. Sigmund Freud, 'A Note on the Unconscious in Psychoanalysis', 1912. 3. Ferdinand de Saussure, ‘Linguistic Value’, 1916. 4. Joan Riviere, ‘Womanliness as a Masquerade’, 1929. 5. Walter Benjamin, ‘The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction’, 1936. 6. Jacques Lacan, ‘The Mirror Stage as Formative of the Function of the I as Revealed in Psychoanalytic Experience’, 1949. 7. Frantz Fanon, ‘The Fact of Blackness’, 1952. 8. Raymond Williams, ‘Culture is Ordinary’, 1958. 9. Henri Lefebvre, ‘The Social Text’, 1961. 10. Hayden White, ‘The Burden of History’, 1966. 11. Roland Barthes, ‘The Death of the Author’, 1968. 12. Jacques Derrida, ‘Differance’, 1968. 13. Michel de Certeau, ‘Walking in the City’, 1974. 14. Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, ‘What is a Minor Literature?’, 1975. 15. Michel Foucault, ‘Panopticism’, 1975. 16. Laura Mulvey, ‘Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema’, 1975. 17. Edward Said, Introduction to Orientalism, 1978. 18. Stuart Hall, ‘Encoding/Decoding’, 1980. 19. Julia Kristeva, ‘Approaching Abjection’, 1980. 20. Jean Baudrillard, ‘Simulacra and Science Fiction’, 1981. 21. Jean-François Lyotard, ‘Answer to the Question: What is the Postmodern?’, 1982. 22. Gayle Rubin, ‘Thinking Sex: Notes Towards a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality’, 1984. 23. Donna J. Haraway, ‘A Manifesto for Cyborgs: Science, Technology, and Socialist Feminism in the 1980s’, 1985. 24. Gloria Anzaldúa, ‘How to Tame a Wild Tongue’, 1987. 25. Judith Butler, ‘Imitation and Gender Insubordination’, 1991. 26. Chandra Talpade Mohanty, ‘Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses’, 1991. 27. Giorgio Agamben, Introduction to Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life, 1995. 28. Lauren Berlant and Michael Warner, ‘What Does Queer Theory Teach Us About X?’, 1995 29. Marjorie Garber, ‘Who Owns "Human Nature"?’, 2003. Glossary Index
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