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8Marxism and Human Nature (Turkish edn)Yordam Kitap. 1998.Is there such a thing as human nature? Sean Sayers gives an ambitious and wide ranging defence of the Marxist and Hegelian approach to uphold the controversial theory that human nature is actually a historical phenomenon.
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13Socialism, radicalism and nostalgia: Social criticism in Britain, 1775–1830: William Stafford , ix + 304 pp., £27.50, cloth; £10.95, paper (review)History of European Ideas 10 (1): 119-121. 1989.
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32Reality and reason: dialectic and the theory of knowledgeBlackwell. 1985.Everything possible to be believed is an image of truth (The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Blake) Introduction In this book I deal with some of the central ...
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36I recently visited the Soviet Union. I was there for only one week, as a tourist: time to get only a very limited and superficial impression of life there. Nevertheless, it was a sobering and thought-provoking experience. For even such a brief visit forces one to confront the problems raised by the evidently unideal character of the Soviet Union and other `actually existing' socialist societies. These are amongst the greatest problems facing socialists in the world today.
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46The Value of CommunityRadical Philosophy 69 (69): 2-4. 1995.Whether the policies of the Thatcher and Reagan years brought any overall economic benefits is doubtful; that they have had high social costs is now quite evident. The unfettered pursuit of self-interest has weakened social bonds and led to social decay and disintegration on a scale which is causing alarm right across the political spectrum. Until recently such concerns were voiced only from the left, but now the right is also waking up to them: witness, for example, the Conservatives' recent an…Read more
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8Communism and nationalism: Karl Marx versus Friederich listHistory of European Ideas 12 (4): 552-554. 1990.
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Review of R. Szporluk, Communism and Nationalism - Marx,Karl Versus Friederich List (review)History of European Ideas 12 (4): 552-554. 1990.
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Labour in Modern Industrial SocietyIn Andrew Chitty & Martin McIvor (eds.), Karl Marx and Contemporary Philosophy, Palgrave-macmillan. pp. 143-158. 2009.
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7Analytical Marxism and MoralityCanadian Journal of Philosophy, Supplementary Volume 15 (n/a): 81-104. 1989.Marxism has probably been the most influential philosophy of this century. Until recently, however, it was either ignored or dismissed without serious consideration by the great majority of English-speaking philosophers. If the situation is now changing, that is thanks in good measure to the development of analytical Marxism.
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Review of John Rawls, Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy (review)Radical Philosophy (148): 49-50. 2008.
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31Images of the French RevolutionRadical Philosophy 53 (53): 50-51. 1989.A fascinating and disturbing exhibition was on show at the British Museum this summer (‘The Shadow of the Guillotine: Britain and the French Revolution’, until 10 September). The exhibition was one of the main British bicentenary events. As the title suggests, however, it was not the usual celebration. Certainly, it differed completely from the big bicentenary exhibition in Paris (‘The French Revolution and Europe: 1789-99’, Grand Palais, until 26 July). There, the focus was on the Revolution’s …Read more