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The Marxian Vision of a (Better) Possible Future: End of a Grand Illusion?

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Artifacts, Representations and Social Practice

Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science ((BSPS,volume 154))

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What do we mean by ‘illusion’? Complementarily, what is disillusionment? Like Augustine concerning time, many of us may believe that we know the answers to these questions - until we start examining them more carefully. Then we become aware that the belief itself was illusory.

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McBride, W. (1994). The Marxian Vision of a (Better) Possible Future: End of a Grand Illusion?. In: Gould, C.C., Cohen, R.S. (eds) Artifacts, Representations and Social Practice. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 154. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0902-4_26

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