Overview
- Bridges the gap between the revolutionary Marx and his scientific critique of capitalist society
- Clarifies the need for a modern critique of society to include reflection on Marx’s scientific truth claim
- Problematizes contemporary Marxisms by revealing ‘time core’ as well as inherent consequences of Marx’s critique
Part of the book series: Marx, Engels, and Marxisms (MAENMA)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book deals with a central aspect of Marx’s critique of society that is usually not examined further since it is taken as a matter of course: its scientific claim of being true. But what concept of truth underlies his way of reasoning which attempts to comprehend the social and political circumstances in terms of the possibility of their practical upheaval? In three studies focusing specifically on the development of Marx’s scientific critique of capitalist society, his journalistic commentaries on European politics, and his reflections on the organisation of revolutionary subjectivity, the authors carve out the immanent relation between the scientifically substantiated claim to truth and the revolutionary perspective in Marxʼs writings. They argue that Marx does not grasp the world ‘as it is’ but conceives it as an inverted state which cannot remain what it is but generates the means by which it can eventually be overcome. This is not something to be taken lightly: Such a concept has theoretical, political and even violent consequences—consequences that nevertheless derive neither from a subjective error nor a contamination of an otherwise ‘pure’ science. By analyzing Marx’s concept of truth the authors also attempt to shed light on a pivotal problematique of any modern critique of society that raises a reasoned claim of being true.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Matthias Bohlender is Professor of Political Theory at the School of Cultural Studies and Social Sciences, Universität Osnabrück, Germany.
Anna-Sophie Schönfelder is Research Associate at the DFG Collaborative Research Centre “Dynamics of Security”, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany.
Matthias Spekker is Associate Lecturer in Political Theory and the History of Ideas and currently teaching at the Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Germany.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Truth and Revolution in Marx's Critique of Society
Book Subtitle: Studies on a Fundamental Problematique
Authors: Matthias Bohlender, Anna-Sophie Schönfelder, Matthias Spekker
Series Title: Marx, Engels, and Marxisms
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17358-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-17357-8Published: 01 February 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-17360-8Published: 02 February 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-17358-5Published: 31 January 2023
Series ISSN: 2524-7123
Series E-ISSN: 2524-7131
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 216
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Theory, Political Philosophy, Political History, Political Science