Marxism and Ethics by Paul Blackledge - 9781438439907

Marxism and EthicsFreedom, Desire, and Revolution\nAuthor(s): Paul Blackledge\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: State University of New York Press, United States\nImprint: State University of New York Press\nISBN-13: 9781438439907, 978-1438439907\nSynopsis\nAccessible introduction to key thinkers of Marxist theory and the debate on the nature of Marxist ethics.\n\nMarxism and Ethics is a comprehensive and highly readable introduction to the rich and complex history of Marxist ethical theory as it has evolved over the last century and a half. Paul Blackledge argues that Marx's ethics of freedom underpin his revolutionary critique of capitalism. Marx's conception of agency, he argues, is best understood through the lens of Hegel's synthesis of Kantian and Aristotelian ethical concepts. Marx's rejection of moralism is not, as suggested in crude materialist readings of his work, a dismissal of the free, purposive, subjective dimension of action. Freedom, for Marx, is both the essence and th.