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Full Idea
Instead of focusing on the individual, Marxism suggested that the authentic self was at the social level in the form of class.
Gist of Idea
The authentic self exists at the level of class, rather than the individual
Source
report of Karl Marx (Theses on Feuerbach [1846]) by Ian Dunt - How to be a Liberal 6
Book Ref
Dunt,Ian: 'How to Be a Liberal' [Canbury Press 2020], p.186
A Reaction
[not sure of the best source in Marx] This idea is expressed here by a defender of liberal individualism. Dunt persuasively attacks any concept of the self as part of some group, rather than as being an individual.
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| 22598 | The authentic self exists at the level of class, rather than the individual [Marx, by Dunt] |
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| 8044 | Goffman sees the self as no more than a peg on which to hang roles we play [Goffman, by MacIntyre] |
| 7422 | A subject is a form which can change, in (say) political or sexual situations [Foucault] |
| 7386 | Selves are not soul-pearls, but artefacts of social processes [Dennett] |
| 18658 | The 'Kantian' self steps back from commitment to its social situation [Kymlicka] |
| 4939 | A sense of self begins either internally, or externally through language and society [Edelman/Tononi] |
| 10349 | To be considered 'an individual' is performed by a society [Kusch] |
| 5502 | Locke's intrinsic view of personal identity has been replaced by an externalist view [Martin/Barresi] |
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