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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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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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9Who are my peers?: The Research Assessment Exercise in philosophyRadical Philosophy 83 (83): 2-5. 1997.
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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
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63Socialism, Feminism and Philosophy: A Radical Philosophy Reader (edited book)Routledge. 1984.Since 1972, the journal _Radical Philosophy_ has provided a forum for the discussion of radical and critical ideas in philosophy. It is the liveliest and probably the most widely read philosophical journal in Britain. This anthology reprints some of the best articles to have appeared in the journal during the past five years. It covers topics in social and moral philosophy which are central to current controversies on the left, focusing on theoretical issues raised by the socialist, feminist and…Read more
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15Review of Ian Hunt, Analytical and Dialectical Marxism (review)Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain 39 133-138. 1999.
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95The concept of authenticity -- the idea of `being oneself' or being `true to oneself' -- is central to modern moral thought. Yet it is a puzzling notion. This article discusses two accounts of it. Essentialism holds that each individual has a `true' nature or self. Feelings and actions are authentic when they correspond to this nature. This approach is contrasted with views of the self as a complex entity in which all parts are essential, and in which authenticity involves the harmonious functio…Read more
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7Review of Alasdair MacIntyre, The Tasks of Philosophy, Selected Essays Volume 1, and Ethics and Politics, Selected Essays Volume 2 (review)Radical Philosophy 143 (143): 56-58. 2007.
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35Freedom and the 'Realm of Necessity'In Douglas Moggach (ed.), The New Hegelians: Politics and Philosophy in the Hegelian School, Cambridge University Press. 2006.The realm of freedom actually begins only where labour which is determined by necessity and mundane considerations ceases; thus in the very nature of things it lies beyond the sphere of actual material production. Just as the savage must wrestle with Nature to satisfy his wants, to maintain and reproduce life, so must civilized man, and he must do so in all social formations and under all possible modes of production. With his development this realm of physical necessity expands as a result of h…Read more
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75Marxism And MoralityPhilosophical Researches 2007 (9): 8-12. 2007.Discussion of Marxism in the Western world since the nineteen-sixties has been dominated by a reaction against Hegelian ideas.1 This agenda has been shared equally by the analytical Marxism which has predominated in the English speaking world and by the structuralist Marxism which has been the major influence in the continental tradition. The main purpose of my own work has been to reassess these attitudes.