(P/B) HEIDEGGERIAN MARXISM

Παρουσίαση

The Frankfurt School philosopher Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979) studied with Martin Heidegger at Freiburg University from 1928 to 1932 and completed a dissertation on Hegel's theory of historicity under Heidegger's supervision. During these years, Marcuse wrote a number of provocative philosophical essays experimenting with the possibilities of Heideggerian Marxism. For a time he believed that Heidegger's ideas could revitalize Marxism, providing a dimension of experiential concreteness that was sorely lacking in the German Idealist tradition. Ultimately, two events deterred Marcuse from completing this program: the 1932 publication of Marx's early economic and philosophical manuscripts, and Heidegger's conversion to Nazism a year later. Heideggerian Marxism offers rich and fascinating testimony concerning the first attempt to fuse Marxism and existentialism.
These essays offer valuable insight concerning Marcuse's early philosophical evolution. They document one of the century's most important Marxist philosophers attempting to respond to the "crisis of Marxism": the failure of the European revolution coupled with the growing repression in the USSR. In response, Marcuse contrived an imaginative and original theoretical synthesis: "existential Marxism." (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

Preface
Introduction: What is Heideggerian Marxism?
Contributions to a Phenomenology of Historical Materialism
On Concrete Philosophy
On the Problem of the Dialectic
New Sources on the Foundation of Historical Materialism
On the Philosophical Foundations of the Concept of Labor in Economics
German Philosophy, 1871-1933
Heidegger's Politics: An Interview
Postscript: My Disillusionment with Heidegger
Glossary
Notes
Publication History
Index