{"product_id":"history-and-human-existence-from-marx-to-merleau-ponty-9780520047792","title":"History and Human Existence: From Marx to Merleau-Ponty","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): James Miller\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Political\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Introduction: The present essay provides an introduction to the treatment of human existence and individuality in Marxist thought. The work will be primarily concerned with two related topics: the evaluation by Marxists of individual emancipation and their assessment of subjective factors in social theory. By taking up these taking up these topics within a systematic and historical framework, I hope to generate some fresh light on several familiar issues. First, I pursue a reading of Marx focused on his treatment of subjectivity, individuation, and related methodological and practical matters; second, I apply this interpretation to analyzing the dispute between Marxist orthodoxy and heterodoxy over such matters as class consciousness and the philosophy of materialism; finally, I employ this historical context to clarify the significance of \"existential Marxism,\" Maurice Merleau-Ponty's and Jean-Paul Sartre's contribution to Marxist thought.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47615349162135,"sku":"9780520047792","price":3263.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780520047792.webp?v=1775100164","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/history-and-human-existence-from-marx-to-merleau-ponty-9780520047792","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}