Recent Interpretations of Karl Marx's Social Theory: An Essay on Habermas, Cohen And Elster - Softcover

Richard Ruey-Chyi Hwang

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0820476641 ISBN 13: 9780820476643

Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Inc, 2006

Synopsis

This book seeks, on the one hand, to examine Habermas’ work on the reconstruction of historical materialism and Cohen’s and Elster’s analyses of the topic; on the other, to compare, contrast, and criticize their work. They respond to the political and theoretical crises of contemporary Marxism. Habermas’ response is to overcome economism and to stress normative structure and communication; Cohen’s reaction is to go back to the orthodoxy of Marxism...

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The Author: Richard Ruey-Chyi Hwang received his BA and M.A. degrees in sociology from National Taiwan University, and a Ph.D. from King’s College, University of Cambridge. He is currently a research fellow at the Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica (Taiwan).

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Inc
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0820476641
• ISBN 13: 9780820476643
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 143