Hermeneutic communism : from Heidegger to Marx /
Communism no longer represents an appealing alternative to capitalism, having lost much of its political clout and theoretical power. In its original Marxist formulation, communism promised an ideal of development, but only through a logic of war, and while a number of reformist governments still pr...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
©2011.
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Colección: | Insurrections.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Communism no longer represents an appealing alternative to capitalism, having lost much of its political clout and theoretical power. In its original Marxist formulation, communism promised an ideal of development, but only through a logic of war, and while a number of reformist governments still promote this ideology, their legitimacy has steadily declined since the fall of the Berlin wall. Separating communism from its metaphysical foundations, which include an abiding faith in the immutable laws of history and an almost holy conception of the proletariat, Gianni Vattimo and Sant. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 256 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-237) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780231528078 0231528078 |