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- Title
Marxism of, by, and for the People: Karl Korsch and the Problem of Worker Education.
- Authors
Baring, Edward
- Abstract
This article argues for the importance of worker education for understanding the intellectual history of Marxism. It examines the work of the early Western Marxist Karl Korsch, who was deeply engaged in that project, showing that his most famous text, 1923’s Marxism and Philosophy, can be read as a reflection on its problems and goals, especially the demand that the theory taught to the workers should “express” their life experience and struggle. The article ends with a discussion of the way in which the project of worker education can help us think through the geographical specificities of Marxism. In adjusting the pedagogical project to “express” new populations, especially in countries without a large industrial working class, intellectuals and party leaders entertained broad revisions to Marxist theory.
- Subjects
EMPLOYEE education; WORKING class; INTELLECTUAL history; MARXIST philosophy; MARXIST analysis
- Publication
Modern Intellectual History, 2024, Vol 21, Issue 1, p133
- ISSN
1479-2443
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1479244323000069