Marx and Singularity - From the Early Writings to the Grundrisse

Marx and Singularity by Luca Basso attempts to understand the development of Marx's thought, from the early writings to the Grundrisse, as a search for individual realisation. Drawing upon the concept of singularity in contemporary French theory, and problematising its relation to Marx's vocabulary, this book challenges organicist interpretations of Marx's early work. The productivity of the notion of singularity is argued to be based on the fact that it allows us to highlight the element of individual realisation, stressing at the same time its distance from the modern conception of individuality. The "correlate" of singularity is the reciprocity, moving and unstable, between the "individual" and the "collective", which occurs in class struggles.

Updated and revised edition of Socialità e isolamento: la singolarità in Marx published by Carocci in 2008.

About the author

Luca Basso, Ph.D. University of Pisa, studied in Padua and in Berlin. He is Researcher of Political Philosophy at the University of Padua. He has published many articles and three monographs: Individuo e comunità nella filosofia politica di Leibniz (Rubbettino, 2005), Socialità e isolamento: la singolarità in Marx (Carocci, 2008) of which the current book is a revised edition, and Agire in comune. Antropologia e politica nell'ultimo Marx (Ombre Corte, 2012).

Product details

• Authors: Luca Basso
• Publisher: Koninklijke Brill NV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.11.2012
• EAN: 9789004233867
• ISBN: 978-90-04-23386-7
• No. of pages: 212
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 305 g
• Series: Historical Materialism Book; Brill
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education