Gramsci, Materialism, and Philosophy

ISBN-13: 9781138013841 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 158 str.

Esteve Morera

Opis

Western critical theory, Marxism included, has largely been based on a view of historical materialism that Gramsci, among others, developed in his prison notebooks. For many, Gramsci's philosophical reflections in prison offered a new foundation for the philosophy of the future. His reflections on the philosophy of praxis and absolute historicism find echoes in much of what today is considered to be a materialist philosophy. In this book, Esteve Morera connects Marxist philosophy to the broader philosophical discussion of materialism in metaphysics, the philosophy science, philosophy of mind, and naturalized ethics.

Spis treści

Introduction. 1. Gramsci and Philosophy. 2. Materialism. 3. Gramsci's Conception of "Organic." 4. Human Nature. 5. Materialism and the Possibility of Ethical Life. 6. Concluding Remarks.

O autorze

Esteve Morera is Associate Professor in the Departments of Philosophy and Political Science at York University. He is the author of Gramsci's Historicism: A Realist Interpretation (1990) and a number of articles on Gramsci and Vico. His research interests include social and political philosophy, philosophy of history, critical theory, and continental philosophy, especially Vico, Kant, Marx, Croce, and Gramsci.