Marx and Freud

Jaspers' Interpretation of Marx and Freud

Marx and Freud pointed out our blindness about the unconscious causes of individual and collective behavior. Their revolutionary intent was to liberate humanity by taking conscious control. Jaspers' evaluation of historical materialism and psychoanalysis turns on the contested relations between objectivity and subjectivity and science and philosophy. He tracks their two systems through stages: ...

Freud

Comparing Marx and Weber

Assignment: Each of you should write a couple of pages, identifying important comparisons between the two theorists. The comparisons should concern important analytical themes or styles of theorizing--the kinds of issues discussed in the "handouts" meant to guide your group papers and those raised in class. You may focus on one comparison or identify several. For each, try to state the issue, i...

Marx, Machines, and Skill

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Reconciling Marx and Darwin1

This is the second volume of essays published to honor Richard Lewontin. The essays are concerned with the history, philosophy, and politics of biology. Like the earlier volume, they demonstrate the uniquely stimulating effect Lewontin has had on young scientists and philosophers. In addition to his own contribution in showing how genetic and molecular approaches can be combined in the study of...