Dialectics of Human Nature in Marx's Philosophy [Hardcover]

A scholarly exploration of Marx's thought without any favorable or critical ideological agendas, this book opposes the compartmentalization of Marx's thought into various competing doctrines, such as historical materialism, dialectical materialism, and different forms of economic determinism.Marx's Conception of Human Nature: 'Is there no human nature just as there is a universal nature of plants and stars?'  Historical Materialism: General Theory of History Dialectics and Historical Materialism: Determinants of the Structure  Alienation: Marx's Critical Explanation and Evaluation of the Internal Structure of Bourgeois Society  The State in Bourgeois Society and the Bourgeois State  Justice, Rights and Alienation  Marx's Critique of Ideology, Moral Positivism and Moralizing Criticism: Introduction to Critical-Revolutionary Dialectic

'...this is a much needed contribution to the debate about Marx and human nature. Its value lies not only in Tabak's account of human nature, but also in the way he resolves various problems in academic Marxism. Even those readers not interested in Marx's theory of human nature, but in Marx's theory of the state or morality, will find fresh material in Tabak's book.' - Marx & Philosophy Review of Books

MEHMET TABAK teaches politics at New York University, USA. He has published several scholarly articles on Marx thought. This is his first book.