Marx and Hegel on the Dialectic of the Individual and the Social.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (289 pages)
- Studies in Marxism and Humanism Series .
- Studies in Marxism and Humanism Series .
Intro -- Marx and Hegel on the Dialectic of the Individual and the Social -- Marx and Hegel on the Dialectic of the Individual and the Social -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- The Emergence of the Concept of the Individual -- Etymological and Lexical Analysis -- A Historical Overview of the Concept of the Individual -- The Individual in the Middle Ages -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 2 -- The Concept of the Individual in Hegel's Philosophy -- A Brief Explanation of His Works -- About the Method: Discovery or Exposition? -- The Textual Analysis of the Concept of the Individual -- Conceptual Analysis of the Individual in the Encyclopedia -- The Realization of the Individual: Duty-Right Dialectic -- Ontological and Moral Aspects of the Individual in the Philosophy of Right -- Property and the Existence of the Individual -- The Ethical Life and the Individual -- Civil Society and the State -- The System of Wants -- The State and the Individual -- Philosophy of History -- Feeling and Reason -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3 -- The Concept of the Individual in Marx's Philosophy -- Problem and the Method -- A Glance at the Young Marx -- The Atmosphere of the Period -- Marx's Early Writings -- The Importance of Early Writings with Regard to the Whole Development of Marx -- The Ontological Existence of the Individual -- Alienation from Species Being [Gattungswesen] -- The Relationship of the Individual to the Political State -- The Loss of the Political Relationship -- The Analysis of the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right -- Returning to Marx -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Marx and Hegel on the Dialectic of the Individual and the Social is a detailed investigation of the major works of Hegel and the young Marx exploring how the concept of the individual is positioned within their ontologies and how this positioning is reflected in their related political views.