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Author Ward, Lucy Jane, author

Title Freedom and dissatisfaction in the works of Agnes Heller : with and against Marx / Lucy Jane Ward
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, 2016

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Contents Introduction; 1 The Theory of Need in Marx; 2 Agnes Heller; 3 Heller's Anthropology of Affects and Feelings; 4 Towards a Theory of Everyday Life and Values; 5 A Theory of Modernity; 6 A Theory of Rationality; 7 Political Modernity and the Problem of Justice; 8 The Good Life Beyond Duty; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary In this book, Lucy Jane Ward argues that although contemporary scholarship tends to divide Agnes Heller's work chronologically in terms of her "Marxist" and subsequent "post-Marxist" periods, a closer reading reveals her work as a continuing engagement both with and against Marx's idea of the human being rich in need
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Heller, Ágnes
Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.
SUBJECT Heller, Ágnes fast
Marx, Karl, 1818-1883 fast
Subject Philosophy, Hungarian -- 20th century.
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
Philosophy, Hungarian
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780739189771
0739189778