Marx and Human Nature: Refutation of a Legend

Marx and Human Nature: Refutation of a Legend


In his book Marx and Human Nature: Refutation of a Legend political theorist Norman Geras attempts to dispel what he see as the "old legend" that Karl Marx denied the existence of human nature in his works.[1] He attempts this by analysing the sixth of Marx's Theses on Feuerbach: concentrating on this work, he argues that it must be placed in the context of all of Marx's work. He goes on to describe it as: "an old fixation, which the Althusserian influence in this matter has fed upon...Because this fixation still exists and is misguided, it is still necessary to challenge it."

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  1. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=Tr7-92dzFEEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Marx+and+Human+Nature:+Refutation+of+a+Legend&source=bl&ots=1LEF9CMMHi&sig=HM2CscUElkIDq62tjQWHL5v9Uio&hl=en&ei=48PdS7OHO82J_Ab-itydBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBAQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false

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