Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Marx's theory of human nature

2013-10-21 Thread CeJ
*Interpellation* is a concept in Marxistsocial and political theory associated in particular with the work of the philosopher Louis Althusser . Althusser used the term interpellation (see Louis Althusser, Essays on

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Marx's theory of human nature

2013-10-21 Thread CeJ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpellation_%28philosophy%29 On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 9:39 AM, CeJ wrote: > >>STRUCTURE AND INDIVIDUAL. > What is often called Althusser's anti-humanist position expresses his false, > anti-dialectical view of the relationship between the structure and the > indiv

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Marx's theory of human nature

2013-10-21 Thread CeJ
>>STRUCTURE AND INDIVIDUAL. What is often called Althusser's anti-humanist position expresses his false, anti-dialectical view of the relationship between the structure and the individual.<< It's not as simple as that. First, I don't think it's useful to say this or that position or theory is FALS

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Marx's theory of human nature

2013-10-21 Thread c b
re revolution. That appeal cannot be dropped - the vast majority are working class, wage laborers - but must be complemented with appeals to other consciousness, other consciousness = determined by being (gender, for example) and consciousness that is determined more by consciousness. Overall

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Marx's theory of human nature

2013-10-19 Thread CeJ
I think Sayers' book takes the argument back towards Gramsci and Althusser. But I haven't read it. http://www.kent.ac.uk/secl/philosophy/articles/sayers/sayersmarx.pdf On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 9:59 AM, CeJ wrote: > Isn't Geras' book is basically an argument against Althusser's reading of > Marx

[Marxism-Thaxis] Marx's theory of human nature

2013-10-19 Thread CeJ
Isn't Geras' book is basically an argument against Althusser's reading of Marx on 'human nature'. I would imagine Gramsci's 'theory' too. Geras, if I remember, was NLR and SR, and also backed the US' invasion, occupation and rape of Iraq. >From the Stanford EP entry on Althusser: As Althusser und

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Marx's theory of human nature

2013-10-19 Thread Jim Farmelant
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[Marxism-Thaxis] Marx's theory of human nature

2013-10-19 Thread c b
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marx%27s_theory_of_human_nature Marx's theory of human nature has an important place in his critique of capitalism, his conception of communism, and his 'materialist conception of history'. Marx, however, does not refer to "human nature" as such, but to Gattungswesen,