Karl Marx

Cover
 Karl Marx
 Copyright
 Dedication
 Contents
 Preface to the Second Edition
 Biographical Sketch
 Introduction
 Part One: Alienation
 1. The Concept of Alienation
 1 The young Marx\'s \'theory\' of alienation
 2 What is \'alienation\'?
 3 Alienation and false consciousness
 4 Alienation and practice
 2. The Human Essence
 1 The species being
 2 Species consciousness and alienation
 3 Self-actualization
 4 Human essential powers
 3. Human Production
 1 Conscious life activity
 2 Labor as self-affirmation
 3 Objectification and appropriation
 4. Alienation and Capitalism. 1 The capitalist division of labor2 Capitalism and freedom
 3 Assessing Marx on capitalist alienation
 Part two: Historical Materialism
 5. Production and Society
 1 \'Economic determinism\'
 2 Productive powers, production relations
 3 A \'technological\' theory of history?
 4 Productive powers and historical development
 6. Classes
 1 Social relations, property relations
 2 History and social classes
 3 Class interests
 4 Class struggles
 7. Materialist Explanations
 1 Historical materialism as an empirical hypothesis
 2 Materialist explanations are teleological. 3 Is Marx a historical teleologist?8. Materialism, Agency and Consciousness
 1 Is Marx a determinist?
 2 Three senses of \'ideology\'
 3 Ideology and science
 Part three: Marxism and Morality
 9. Marx on Right and Justice
 1 Does Marxism have moral foundations?
 2 Marx\'s concept of justice
 3 Capitalism and commodity exchange
 4 Capital exploits justly
 10. Morality as Ideology
 1 The social function of morality
 2 Marxism and utilitarianism
 3 Is Marx an immoralist?
 4 Why should a Marxist be moral?
 5 Marx\'s attitude toward morality, and our attitude
 Part four: Philosophical Materialism. 11. Materialist Naturalism1 What is materialism?
 2 Marx\'s atheism
 3 The essentiality of humanity and nature
 12. Materialist Realism
 1 Knowledge and practice
 2 The contemplative attitude
 3 Is Marx an idealist?
 Part five: The Dialectical Method
 13. The Hegelian Dialectic
 1 Hegel\'s vision of reality
 2 Organic development or dialectic
 3 Dialectic and formal logic
 14. The Marxian Dialectic
 1 The \'rational kernel\' in the \'mystical shell\'
 2 \'Inverting\' Hegel
 3 Reproducing the concrete in thought
 15. Dialectic in Capital
 1 The structure of \'Capital\'
 2 Values and production prices. 3 The law of value4 Value and exploitation
 16. Capitalist Exploitation
 1 What is exploitation?
 2 The vulnerability of labor to capital
 3 Capitalist apologetics about exploitation
 4 What is bad about capitalist exploitation?
 5 How to think about capitalist exploitation
 Concluding Remark
 Notes
 Some Further Reading
 Index.