Marxist ethics within western political theory
Subtitle: a dialogue with republicanism, communitarianism, and liberalism
By: Norman Arthur Fischer
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9781137456434
Subjects: Political ethics; Marxist Philosophy; Political science; Philosophy; Republicanism; Communitarianism; Liberalism; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism & Socialism; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General
Description: "In this book on Marxist ethics, Norman Fischer applies abstract political philosophy and intellectual history to rarely discussed texts in terms of Marxist ethics. These include Marx's never translated German notes on Machiavelli, Montesquieu, and Rousseau, as well as Lewis Henry Morgan's' Ancient Society. Fischer's philosophical analysis of these texts demonstrates that there is a strain of Marxist ethics that is only understandable in the context of the great works of Western political theory and philosophy, particularly those that emphasize the republican value of public spiritedness, the communitarian value of solidarity and the liberal values of liberty and equality"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.