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Single Idea 20576
[filed under theme 24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 7. Communitarianism / a. Communitarianism
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Full Idea
The early writings of Marx anticipate the communitarian critique of liberalism.
Gist of Idea
Early Marx anticipates communitarian objections to liberalism
Source
report of Karl Marx (works [1860]) by Johanna Oksala - Political Philosophy: all that matters Ch.8
Book Ref
Oksala,Johanna: 'Political Philosophy' [Hodder and Stoughton 2013], p.96
A Reaction
[Oksala says modern writers seem to prefer this to the hardcore later Marx, which is presumably too 'scientific'. He says 'Capital Vol 1' is Marx's most important work]
The
31 ideas
from Karl Marx
21995
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Must production determine superstructure, or could it be the other way round?
[Singer on Marx]
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20577
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Even decently paid workers still have their produce bought with money stolen from them
[Marx]
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21996
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Freedom only comes when labour is no longer necessary
[Marx]
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22000
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From each according to his ability, to each according to his need
[Marx]
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22969
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People who only have their labour power are the slaves of those permitting them to work
[Marx]
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22972
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Bourgeois 'freedom of conscience' just tolerates all sorts of religious intolerance
[Marx]
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22970
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Freedom is making the state subordinate to its society
[Marx]
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22971
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In moving from capitalism to communism a revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat is needed
[Marx]
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22001
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The real will of the cooperative will replace the 'will of the people'
[Marx]
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21991
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The middle class gain freedom through property, but workers can only free all of humanity
[Marx, by Singer]
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7128
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Religion is the opium of the people, and real happiness requires its abolition
[Marx]
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21990
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Theory is as much a part of a revolution as material force is
[Marx]
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20519
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Marxists say liberal rights are confrontational, and liberal equality is a sham
[Marx, by Wolff,J]
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21989
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Man is dominated by money, which is the essence of his alienation
[Marx]
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21994
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The handmill gives feudalism, the steam mill capitalism
[Marx]
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22598
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The authentic self exists at the level of class, rather than the individual
[Marx, by Dunt]
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5297
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Whether human thinking can be 'true' must be decided in practice, not theory
[Marx]
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5298
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The human essence is not found in individuals but in social relations
[Marx]
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5299
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Religious feeling is social in origin
[Marx]
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5300
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Philosophers have interpreted the world, but the point is to change it
[Marx]
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23874
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Armies and businesses create moralities in which their activity can do no wrong
[Marx, by Weil]
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20576
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Early Marx anticipates communitarian objections to liberalism
[Marx, by Oksala]
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18662
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Liberal freedom is the right to be separate, and ignores the union of man with man
[Marx]
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23862
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By saying the material dialectic of history aspires to the best, Marx agreed with capitalism
[Weil on Marx]
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21999
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False consciousness results from concealment by the superstructure
[Marx, by Singer]
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23875
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Marx says force is everything, and that the weak will become strong, while remaining the weak
[Weil on Marx]
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18653
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Marx rejected equal rights because they never actually treat people as equals
[Marx, by Kymlicka]
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23876
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The essence of capitalism is the subordination of people to things
[Marx, by Weil]
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20958
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Capitalism changes the world, by socialising the idea of a commodity
[Marx, by Bowie]
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20960
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Marx thought capitalism was partly liberating, and could make labour and ownership more humane
[Marx, by Bowie]
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23372
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Liberals want the right to be separate, rather than for people to be united
[Marx]
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