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Author
P. Raekstad
Year
2017
Title
The Democratic Theory of the Early Marx
Journal
Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie
Volume | Issue number
99 | 4
Pages (from-to)
443-464
Document type
Article
Faculty
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG)
Institute
Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
Abstract
This article presents a novel reading of Marx’s early, pre-1844, democratic theory, and its connection with his early views on alienation. It argues, contra established readings, that Marx had a properly developed theory of alienation prior to his famous Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844; that this theory is not centred solely on a critique of the modern state, or Hegel’s conception thereof; that it consists in suppressing a human species-essence for participation in collective deliberation and decision-making via people’s subjection to external power and domination; that it therefore applies widely both to the modern state and the capitalist economy, as well as to feudalism; and that this sheds light on the connections between Marx’s theory of alienation on the one hand, and his early conception of non-alienated society, democracy, on the other. This will help us better to understand the relationship of Marx’s to other, especially radical enlightenment, political thought.
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Language
English
Permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/11245.1/359d0650-1607-48c5-a5d2-92cec6c22320
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