Introduction To Marx And Engels: A Critical Reconstruction,

Contents......Page 6
Preface to the Second Edition......Page 10
Abbreviated References......Page 12
INTRODUCTION......Page 14
1 HUMAN NATURE......Page 25
Marx and Engels on Human Nature......Page 26
Species Being......Page 30
Notes......Page 34
2 AGAINST INDIVIDUALISM......Page 36
The Varieties of Individualism......Page 37
Marx and Engels\' Opposition to Individualism......Page 38
Marx and Engels\' Opposition to Collectivism......Page 41
What Is the Position of Marx and Engels?......Page 43
Notes......Page 44
History as the Transformation of Human Nature......Page 45
Writing History......Page 49
Notes......Page 50
Hegel\'s Dialectic......Page 51
The Marxian Dialectic......Page 54
Historical Explanation......Page 55
Dialectical Explanations......Page 58
Notes......Page 63
5 HISTORICAL MATERIALISM......Page 65
Forces and Relations of Production......Page 68
Why Take Historical Materialism Seriously?......Page 74
Notes......Page 75
6 MATERIALISM AND IDEALISM......Page 76
Base and Superstructure......Page 77
The Sources of Self-Evidence......Page 80
Notes......Page 82
7 IDEOLOGY......Page 84
What Is Ideology?......Page 86
Ideology and Science......Page 89
Fetishism......Page 91
Marx and Ethics......Page 93
Notes......Page 97
8 CAPITALISM......Page 100
What Is Modern Capitalism?......Page 104
Other Characteristics of Capitalism......Page 106
Notes......Page 112
9 CAPITALISM AND EXPLOITATION......Page 113
Exploitation......Page 115
The Classical Marxian Theory of Exploitation......Page 117
Contemporary Versions of Marx\'s Theory of Exploitation......Page 120
Notes......Page 125
Alienation in Marx\'s Early Works......Page 127
Worker Alienation......Page 128
Alienation in the Later Works......Page 130
Alienation and Freedom......Page 131
Notes......Page 137
11 THE FUTURE OF CAPITALISM AND ITS FAILURES......Page 139
How Reliable Are the Predictions of Marx and Engels?......Page 141
The End of Marxism?......Page 145
What Is Wrong with Capitalism: The Unseen Hand Is Inept......Page 146
What Is Wrong with Capitalism: The Threat to Freedom and Democracy......Page 150
Notes......Page 156
Three Meanings of \"Class\"......Page 158
Class Consciousness......Page 164
Notes......Page 171
What Is Class Struggle?......Page 173
Class Struggle and Political Action......Page 178
The Primacy of Class Struggle......Page 180
Notes......Page 185
The State as Manager of the Affairs of the Bourgeoisie......Page 187
The Executive Committee of the Bourgeoisie......Page 188
The Independent State......Page 190
The State and Civil Society......Page 193
Class Struggle in the Democratic State......Page 196
Notes......Page 198
Utopian Socialism......Page 200
Scientific Socialism......Page 204
What We Can Learn from the Critique of Utopianism......Page 208
Notes......Page 212
16 SOCIALISM......Page 213
The Socialist Goals......Page 214
Socialist Institutions......Page 220
Revolution......Page 224
Notes......Page 229
Bibliography......Page 231
About the Book and Author......Page 236
C......Page 237
I......Page 238
P......Page 239
W......Page 240