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This book discusses Marx's thinking on human emancipation based on his critique of capitalism and the prospect of socialism. It analyzes the double relations between persons and things, and persons and persons by tracking Marx's writings, including MEGA2, and taking into consideration the socialist practice and socialist reform of the last century. It is a necessary study for social scientists, social andpolitical philosophers, and students for its deep and wide analysis from the perspective of Marxian theory in practice.
List of contents
1. The Real Man in the Objectified Relationship.- 2. Concept of Preposition and Analysis on Relevant Issues.- 3. Marx's Economic Analysis and Sociological Critique of Capitalism.- 4. The logic of Marx's view of emancipation.- 5. Marxian and non-Marxian theories: what is the Demarcation?.- 6. Marxian and non-Marxian views on distributive justice.- 7. The concept of Justice in Marx's theory.- 8. Predicament of distributive justice in the socialist system.- 9. Pre-modern, modern and post-modern: what do historical changes mean to Marx's theory?.
About the author
Wei Xiaoping is Distinguished Professor in the Marxism Institute at Xinjiang University, Distinguished Professor at the University of CASS, Senior Research Fellow in the Philosophy Institute at the University of CASS, and Director of the Marx/Engels Text and Literature Research Association, China. She is the author of German Ideology from MEGA2 (2010), Rethinking China's Economic Transformation (2010), and The Road Towards Capital - Tracking Marx' Labor Theory of Value in MEGA2 (2013).
