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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300479303321

Autore

Chrysis Alexandros

Titolo

'True Democracy' as a Prelude to Communism : The Marx of Democracy / / by Alexandros Chrysis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

9783319575414

3319575414

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 248 p.)

Collana

Political Philosophy and Public Purpose, , 2524-7158

Disciplina

320.01

Soggetti

Political science

Political science - Philosophy

World politics

Political Theory

Political Science

Political Philosophy

Political History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CHAPTER 1: Themes and Methodological Delimitations -- CHAPTER 2: The Philosophical "Moment" of Marx's Theory of Democracy: From the Metaphysics of Law to the Critique of Politics.- CHAPTER 3: The Republican "Moment" of Marx's Theory of Democracy: From the Critique of Politics to the Theory of the Rational State.- CHAPTER 4: The Dialectical "Moment" of Marx's Theory of Democracy: From the Theory of the Rational State to "True Democracy" -- CHAPTER 5: The Sovereignty of the Demos as "True Democracy" -- CHAPTER 6: Theoretical Conclusions and Political Perspectives.

Sommario/riassunto

This book constitutes a critical intervention in the theoretical discussion over the political relationship between democracy and communism. Shedding light on the philosophical origins of the Democracy-debate, it draws a clear demarcation line between liberalism and republicanism, arguing that after rejecting the former and supporting the latter, the young Marx endorsed "true democracy"



as a prelude to his forthcoming theory of communism. To this end, while following the dynamics of the Marxian history of political ideas and pre-communist theory of the state, the book takes into account the thought of a vast range of philosophers and political theorists, starting from the Ancient times (Aristotle), passing through the Age of Enlightenment (Spinoza, Rousseau), the German Idealist tradition (Hegel) the Young Hegelians' Republicanism (Bauer, Ruge, Feuerbach), and reaching our own times (Arendt, Colletti, MacPherson, Castoriadis, Poulantzas). It will be of interest to students and scholarsinterested in the history of political thought, theories of democracy, and Marxism. .