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This new work (the first in a two-volume series) by the leading Marxian philosopher of our day is a milestone in human self-understanding. It focuses on the location where action emerges from freedom and necessity, thefoundation of all social science.Today, as never before, the investigation of the close relationship between social structure—defined by Marx as'arising from the life-process of definite individuals'—and the various forms of consciousness is particularly important. We can only perceive what is possible by first identifying the historical process that constrains consciousness itself and therefore social action.The relationship between social structure and forms of consciousness discussed in this volume is multifaceted and profoundly dialectical. It requires the presentation of a great wealth of historical material and the assessment of the relevant philosophical literature, from Descartes through Hegel and the Liberal tradition to the present, together with their connections with political economy and political theory. István Mészáros moves beyond both abstract solutions to the surveyed methodological questions and one-sided structuralist evaluation of the important su
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- Author
- István Mészáros
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781583672044
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology
Other editions & translations
- Social Structure and Forms of Consciousness, Volume 1: The Social Determination of Method (2010)
- Social Structure and Forms of Conciousness, Volume 2 : The Dialectic of Structure and History (2011)
- Social Structure and Forms of Consciousness, Volume 2: The Dialectic of Structure and History (2011)
- Social Structure and Forms of Conciousness, Volume 2 : The Dialectic of Structure and History (2010)
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