Overview
Makes a novel and unique contribution to the field of comparative philosophy of Chinese and Western philosophy
Covers a very broad range of areas of philosophical interest in Laozi, Hegel and Marx in an accessible way
Enters contemporary philosophy debates with works of different socio-cultural traditions
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In this work the theories of Marx and Laozi are dialectically combined. The resulting synthesis is a positive materialist negation of Hegel’s idealist dialectics. Syntheses are presented for Marx and Laozi in ontology, metaphysics, epistemology, scientific method, ethics and politics: the full spectrum of their foundational principles. The book is an attempt to reconstruct a materialist interpretation of Laozi, which can be put to work for Marxist theory.
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Hegel’s Idealism
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Hegel’s Confrontation with Laozi
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Wuwei and Praxis: Aesthetic Mimetic and Scientific Discursive Employment of Concepts
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Dialectics of Materialism and Wu
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Marx and Laozi: Ethics
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Marx and Laozi
Book Subtitle: A Dialectical Synthesis
Authors: James Chambers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40981-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-40980-6Published: 04 November 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-40983-7Due: 18 November 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-40981-3Published: 03 November 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 449
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Philosophy, Philosophy, general, German Idealism