Making of a Marxist Philosopher - A Memoir

The Making of a Marxist Philosopher is a beautiful memoir and family history from renowned Marxist philosopher Sean Sayers. Reflecting on the fate of Marxism in an engaging, thoughtful way, this book is filled with revealing family photographs which Sayers uses to craft an original must-read on left-wing thought and politics.

List of contents

Preface
Part I: Family and Childhood
1. Family
2. Childhood
3. Family Life
Bibliography
Part II: Growing Up
4.School
5. Being an American
6. Cambridge
7. Oxford
Bibliography
Part 3: Work and Adult Life
8. The University of Kent
9. Radical Philosophy
10. Working at Kent
11. Living and Working Abroad
12. Writing and Thought
Bibliography
Part 4: Later Life
13. Retirement
14. China Again
15. Family History
Bibliography
Appendix: Analytical and Continental Philosophy

About the author

Sean Sayers is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kent and Visiting Professor at Peking University. He was educated at Cambridge and Oxford Universities, and has taught in Colorado, Sydney, Istanbul, Massachusetts, Beijing, Wuhan and Shanghai. He has been a central figure in the development of Marxist philosophy in the English-speaking world. He has an international reputation for his work on Hegelian and Marxist philosophy, which has been translated into Chinese, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Korean and Turkish. His books include Marx and Alienation (2009), Plato's Republic: An Introduction (1999), Marxism and Human Nature (1998), Reality and Reason (1985), and Hegel, Marx and Dialectic: A Debate (1980). He was one of the founders of Radical Philosophy (1972), and he created the online Marx and Philosophy Review of Books (2009).

Summary

The Making of a Marxist Philosopher is a beautiful memoir and family history from renowned Marxist philosopher Sean Sayers. Reflecting on the fate of Marxism in an engaging, thoughtful way, this book is filled with revealing family photographs which Sayers uses to craft an original must-read on left-wing thought and politics.

Product details

• Authors: Sean Sayers
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032827452
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3282745-2
• No. of pages: 188
• Series: Marx and Marxisms
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; European History, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, HISTORY / Europe / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Memoirs, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Regional Studies, Literature: history & criticism, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Regional / International studies, Political science and theory, Literature: history and criticism, Marxism & Communism, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs