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The Philosophy of Marx
by Étienne Balibar

The Philosophy of Marx
by Étienne Balibar

The Philosophy of Marx
by Étienne Balibar

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Marxist Philosophy or Marx’s Philosophy?

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3 sources: German philosophy, French socialism, British political economy
4 masters: Epicurus (his 1841 thesis), Rousseau, Adam Smith, Hegel

Balibar, É. (2017). Marxist Philosophy or Marx’s Philosophy?. In Balibar, É. The Philosophy of Marx. Verso, pp. 1-8

dialectical materialism (en)

(noun) the Marxist theory that maintains the material basis of a reality constantly changing in a dialectical process and the priority of matter over mind

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‘dialectical materialism’, a relatively late term and one inspired by the use Engels had made of various of Marx’s formulations

Marx never used this term (he used "dialectical method"); neither did Engels ("materialist dialectic")

—p.1 by Étienne Balibar
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9 years ago

‘dialectical materialism’, a relatively late term and one inspired by the use Engels had made of various of Marx’s formulations

Marx never used this term (he used "dialectical method"); neither did Engels ("materialist dialectic")

—p.1 by Étienne Balibar
notable
9 years ago

caesura (en)

(noun) a usually rhetorical break in the flow of sound in the middle of a line of verse / (noun) a break in the flow of sound in a verse caused by the ending of a word within a foot / (noun) break interruption / (noun) a pause marking a rhythmic point of division in a melody

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The caesura effected by Marx has been more or less clearly acknowledged, more or less willingly accepted; it has even given rise to violent refutations and strenuous attempts at neutralization

on Marx as a writer who has transformed philosophy

—p.4 by Étienne Balibar
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9 years ago

The caesura effected by Marx has been more or less clearly acknowledged, more or less willingly accepted; it has even given rise to violent refutations and strenuous attempts at neutralization

on Marx as a writer who has transformed philosophy

—p.4 by Étienne Balibar
notable
9 years ago

Marxist (en)

relating to or denoting the political and economic theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (noun or adj)

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The presentation of Marxism as a world-view long ago coalesced around the formula, the ‘three sources of Marxism’: German philosophy, French socialism and British political economy.

—p.7 by Étienne Balibar
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9 years ago

The presentation of Marxism as a world-view long ago coalesced around the formula, the ‘three sources of Marxism’: German philosophy, French socialism and British political economy.

—p.7 by Étienne Balibar
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9 years ago

clinamen (en)

poetic misreading or misprision

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metaphorical expression in the doctrine of the clinamen or random ‘swerving’ of atoms

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—p.7 by Étienne Balibar
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9 years ago

metaphorical expression in the doctrine of the clinamen or random ‘swerving’ of atoms

idk

—p.7 by Étienne Balibar
notable
9 years ago