Thinking with Marx Today, Volume 2

Man?

The second volume in Lucien Sves Thinking with Marx Today series explores Marxs revolution in anthropology.

Instead of abstract man, Marx argued that there is an ensemble of societal relations that underpins social formations of various kinds as well as a variety of forms of individuality. Sve deftly analyzes the philosophical preconditions and the fundamental concepts of this anthropology. This is followed by critiques of Nietzsche, Heidegger, and contemporary primatology coupled with borrowings from Freud, Politzer, Vygotsky, and contemporary literature on biography. The books aim, then, is nothing less than to outline a science of human individuality.