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Norman Geras's political thought from Marxism to human rights :

3319740474

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9783319740478

9783319740485

9783319740478

Norman Geras's political thought from Marxism to human rights :

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controversy and analysis /

Mark Cowling.

Cham, Switzerland :

Palgrave Macmillan,

[2018]

©2018

1 online resource (x, 211 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Intro; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; The Plan of the Book; References; Chapter 2: The Legacy of Rosa Luxemburg; Barbarism and the Collapse of Capitalism; Between the Russian Revolutions; Luxemburg and the Mass Strike; On the Relation of Ends and Means; References; Chapter 3: Geras and Trotskyism; Then and Now; Geras on Trotsky; Assessment of Geras on Trotsky; Permanent Revolution; Trotsky and Politics; Democracy and Terror; The Rise of Fascism; Conclusion on Trotsky; References; Chapter 4: Marx and Human Nature

Chapter 11: The Contract of Mutual IndifferenceThe Contract; Escaping the Contract of Mutual Indifference: The Duty to Bring Aid; Socialist Hope in the Shadow of Catastrophe; Marxists Before the Holocaust; Was the Holocaust Unique?; Feet of Clay? Geras and the Palestinians; Geras and Anti-Semitism; References; Chapter 12: Crimes Against Humanity; Justifying the Invasion of Iraq; References; Chapter 13: Conclusion; Reference; Index

Chapter 7: Marxism, Socialism and MoralityMarxism and Moral Advocacy; The Ethics of Revolution; The Euston Manifesto; Justice and the Labour Theory of Value; References; Chapter 8: Geras and Postmodernism 1: Laclau and Mouffe; Postmodernism: Major Features and Criticisms; Hegemony and Social Strategy; Geras's Critique of Hegemony and Social Strategy; Ellen Meiksins Wood's Critique of Laclau and Mouffe; Laclau and Mouffe's Response to Geras; References; Chapter 9: Geras and Postmodernism 2: Richard Rorty; References; Chapter 10: The Enlightenment and Modernity; References

The Basic Arguments of Marx and Human Nature: Refutation of a LegendHow Fixed Is Human Nature?; Geras and Continuity in Marx; Human Nature and Human Need; Alienation in the Older Marx; Fetishism as Domination; The Domination of Living Labour by Dead Labour; The Many-Sided Man; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Geras and Althusser; References; Chapter 6: Marx and Justice; Why Marx Did Not Have a Theory of Justice; Why Marx Had a Theory of Justice; Geras's Conclusion: Marx Had a Theory of Justice, But Did Not Think That He Had One; Critical Discussion of Geras and Justice; References

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This book provides a critical account of the main controversies involving Norman Geras, one of the key modern political thinkers. It moves from his youthful Trotskyism on to his book on Rosa Luxemburg, then his classic account of Marx and human nature, and his highly regarded discussion of Marx and justice. Following this, Geras tried to elaborate a Marxist theory of justice, which involved taking on-board aspects of liberalism. Next he attacked the post modernism of Laclau and Mouffe and criticised Rorty's pragmatism, and then elaborated a contract of mutual indifference from a detailed study of the Holocaust. Lastly he wrote a book on human rights and humanitarian intervention, defending the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Cowling varies from exposition and admiration, to ideas about how Geras's work should be interpreted, to criticism of his Trotskyism and of his support for the invasion of Iraq. The book will appeal to readers interested in Norman Geras and Marxism in particular, and social and political theory in general.

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Geras, Norman,1943-2013-- Criticism and interpretation.

Geras, Norman,1943-2013-- Political and social views.

Geras, Norman,1943-2013.

Communism.

Human rights.

Political science-- Great Britain-- 20th century.

Political science.

Communism.

Human rights.

Political and social views.

Political science & theory.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Essays.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- General.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- National.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Reference.

Political science.

Politics & government.

Social & political philosophy.

Great Britain.

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