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- Title
CRITIQUE, EMANCIPATION, IDEOLOGY: MARXIAN LOGIC OF SOCIAL CRITICISM.
- Authors
Rasiński, Lotar
- Abstract
The aim of this paper is an analysis of Karl Marx's account of social criticism. The paper opens with a distinction between two models of social criticism, Platonic and Socratic, present in the contemporary political philosophy. The main argument is that despite the contradictory character of the two models of criticism, they are both present in Marx's account of criticism. Through the concept of emancipation the idea of criticism in Marx is oriented to practice, which leads to the Socratic model of critique. However, through the concept of ideology, especially in the Althusserian account, the Marxian idea of critique shows a strong relation to the Platonic model. The paper concludes that the presence of both contradictory elements, those of internal and external critique, in the Marxian idea of criticism is not a contingent effect of the development of his thought, but a necessary condition of every kind of criticism.
- Subjects
SOCIAL criticism in literature; MARX, Karl, 1818-1883; PLATONIC Academy (Athens, Greece); SOCRATIC method (Education); POLITICAL philosophy; IDEOLOGY; LIBERTY; EDUCATION; POLITICAL attitudes
- Publication
Diametros: An Online Journal of Philosophy, 2013, Issue 35, p93
- ISSN
1733-5566
- Publication type
Article