Chapter 8 Karl Marx and the Heroic Revolution
Marx was a bitter opponent of feudal-aristocratic distinction and his vision of communism as the end-state of history is classically utopian, but he views the current world as a field in which progressive forces can advance only by class conflict. Thus Marx crystallizes the new, post-French Revoluti...
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Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2023
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Summary: | Marx was a bitter opponent of feudal-aristocratic distinction and his vision of communism as the end-state of history is classically utopian, but he views the current world as a field in which progressive forces can advance only by class conflict. Thus Marx crystallizes the new, post-French Revolution phase in which utopian thinkers seek to transcend the utopian dilemma as a philosophical stance in order to regain practical access to heroic resources, including violence. |
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Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (12 p.) |
ISBN: | 9781003365945-9 9781032431574 9781032431581 |
Access: | Open Access |