{"product_id":"9780674028951","title":"Marx's Attempt to Leave Philosophy","description":"Daniel Brudney traces the development of post-Hegelian thought from Ludwig Feuerbach and Bruno Bauer to Karl Marx's work of 1844 and his \u003ci\u003eTheses on Feuerbach\u003c\/i\u003e, and concludes with an examination of \u003ci\u003eThe German Ideology\u003c\/i\u003e. Brudney focuses on the transmutations of a set of ideas about human nature, the good life, and our relation to the world and to others; about how we end up with false beliefs about these matters; about whether one can, in a capitalist society, know the truth about these matters; and about the critique of capitalism which would flow from such knowledge. \u003cp\u003e Brudney shows how Marx, following Feuerbach, attempted to reveal humanity's nature and what would count as the good life, while eschewing and indeed polemicizing against \"philosophy\"--against any concern with metaphysics and epistemology. Marx attempted to avoid philosophy as early as 1844, and the central aims of his texts are the same right through \u003ci\u003eThe German Ideology\u003c\/i\u003e. There is thus no break between an early and a late Marx; moreover, there is no \"materialist\" Marx, no Marx who subscribes to a metaphysical view, even in \u003ci\u003eThe German Ideology\u003c\/i\u003e, the text canonically taken as the origin of Marxist materialism. Rather, in all the texts of this period Marx tries to mount a compelling critique of the present while altogether avoiding the dilemmas central to philosophy in the modern era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable of Contents: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Abbreviations \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Themes from the Young Hegelians\u003cbr\u003e Feuerbach's and Marx's Complaint against Philosophy\u003cbr\u003e The Interest of These Texts\u003cbr\u003e Chapter by Chapter\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e1. Feuerbach's Critique of Christianity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Critique of Christianity\u003cbr\u003e The Method of The Essence of Christianity\u003cbr\u003e Comparisons\u003cbr\u003e The Geistiger Naturforscher\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e2. Feuerbach's Critique of Philosophy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Status of Philosophy\u003cbr\u003e The Method of the Critique of Philosophy\u003cbr\u003e The Content of the Critique of Philosophy\u003cbr\u003e Problems\u003cbr\u003e Antecedents\u003cbr\u003e Final Comment\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e3. Bruno Bauer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Self-Consciousness\u003cbr\u003e State and Civil Society\u003cbr\u003e The Critique of Religion\u003cbr\u003e Bauer's Method\u003cbr\u003e Assessment\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e4. The 1844 Marx I: Self-Realization\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Species Being: Products\u003cbr\u003e Species Being: Enjoyments\u003cbr\u003e The Human Relation to Objects\u003cbr\u003e Species Being: Immortality\u003cbr\u003e The Human Self-Realization Activity\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e5. The 1844 Marx II: The Structure of Community\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Completing One Another\u003cbr\u003e Mediation with the Species\u003cbr\u003e 3 Digression on Community\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e6. The 1844 Marx III: The Problem of Justification\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Workers' Ignorance of Their True Nature\u003cbr\u003e The Problem of Justification\u003cbr\u003e The Problem of Communists' Ends and Beliefs\u003cbr\u003e Marx's 1844 Critique of Philosophy\u003cbr\u003e The Problem of the Present\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e7. The Theses on Feuerbach\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fundamental Relations\/Orientations\u003cbr\u003e Thesis Eleven\u003cbr\u003e Labor\u003cbr\u003e The Practical-Idealist Reading\u003cbr\u003e The Problem of the First Step\u003cbr\u003e Thesis Six\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e8. The German Ideology I: More Anti-Philosophy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Some General Comments\u003cbr\u003e The Attack on the Young Hegelian\u003cbr\u003e Empirical Verification\u003cbr\u003e Anti-Philosophy I\u003cbr\u003e Anti-Philosophy II\u003cbr\u003e Transformation\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e9. The German Ideology II: The Picture of the Good Life and the Change from 1844\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Division of Labor\u003cbr\u003e Community\u003cbr\u003e Self-Activity\u003cbr\u003e The Change from 1844\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e10. The German Ideology III: The Critique of Morality (and the Return to Philosophy)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What Is the Problem with Morality?\u003cbr\u003e The (Weak) Sociological Thesis\u003cbr\u003e The Strong Sociological Thesis and the Structural Thesis\u003cbr\u003e Morality and Moral Philosophy under Communism\u003cbr\u003e Can The German Ideology Justify a Condemnation of Capitalism?\u003cbr\u003e Returning to Philosophy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eConclusion\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReviews of this book: \u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eMarx's Attempt to Leave Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e] is plainly the work of a thoughtful and intelligent philosopher. The discussions of Bruno Bauer and Marx's writings of 1844-6, in particular, are valuable resources for students of German philosophy of the 1840s.\" --Brian Leiter, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Brudney's work offers some fascinating insights into the world of the Young Hegelians from whence Marx came. It also makes some subtle points about the epistemology of moral theory and about the communitarian aspects of Marx's vision that are important for contemporary philosophy.\" --R. Hudelson, \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125995651312,"sku":"9780674028951","price":88.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780674028951_p0.jpg?v=1769844898","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780674028951","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}