Re: [xmca] Fw: New book announcement - Marx and Alienation

[Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net>]

Likewise. He's a good writer and I will certainly be following those 
links, but I suspect it is a bit out of our territory.
Andy

Bruce Robinson wrote:
> Mike,  I haven't seen the book - only the blurb - so I'm not sure how 
> far it would overlap with MCA's main interests. He has written an 
> article on 'Creative Activity  and Alienation in Hegel and Marx' 
> (http://www.kent.ac.uk/secl/philosophy/articles/sayers/creativeactivity.pdf), 
> which discusses the same themes as the book and suggests to me it 
> might be of interest.
>
> I do know a bit about Sean Sayers though. He was one of the founders 
> of the journal Radical Philosophy and published a book debating with 
> the Hegelian Richard Norman in 1980 (Hegel, Marx and Dialectic: A 
> debate). He has also written on Marxism and Human Nature and edits the 
> Marx and Philosophy Review of Books 
> (http://marxandphilosophy.org.uk/reviewofbooks/ ).
>
> I'm sure the book will be worth reading and well written but can't be 
> sure it'll fit with MCA.
>
> Bruce
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "mike cole" <lchcmike@gmail.com>
> To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 8:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [xmca] Fw: New book announcement - Marx and Alienation
>
>
> Do you think this should be reviewed in MCA, Bruce?
> mike
>
> On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Bruce Robinson <bruce@brucerob.eu> 
> wrote:
>
> > This may be of interest to Andy and others.
> >
> > Bruce R
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Denis, Andy
> > To: CAPITAL-AND-CLASS@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 7:39 PM
> > Subject: New book announcement - Marx and Alienation
> >
> >
> > Marx and Alienation
> >
> > Essays on Hegelian Themes
> >
> > Sean Sayers
> >
> >
> >
> > What does Marx mean by 'alienation'? What role does the concept play 
> > in his
> > critique of capitalism and his vision of a future society?
> >
> > Marx and Alienation deals in depth with some of the most important
> > philosophical assumptions of Marx's work. It sets Marx's account of
> > alienation and its overcoming in the context of the Hegelian 
> > philosophy from
> > which it derives, and discusses it in relation to contemporary 
> > debates and
> > controversies. It challenges recent accounts of Marx's theory, and shows
> > that knowledge of Hegel's philosophy is essential for an 
> > understanding of
> > central themes in Marx's philosophy.
> >
> > Marx and Alienation explains and discusses Marx's ideas in an 
> > original and
> > accessible fashion and makes a major contribution to Marxist philosophy.
> >
> > SEAN SAYERS is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kent He has
> > written extensively on Marxist and Hegelian philosophy. He is the 
> > founder
> > and editor of the online Marx and Philosophy Review of Books.
> >
> > Palgrave Macmillan 2011 - ISBN 9780230276543 - Hardback £50.00
> >
> > http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?is=9780230276543
> >
> >
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > Sean Sayers, Professor of Philosophy,
> >
> > School of European Culture and Languages
> >
> > University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NF, UK
> >
> > Tel +44 1227-824945; Fax +44 1227-823641
> >
> > http://www.kent.ac.uk/secl/philosophy/staff/sayers/index.html
> >
> >
> >
> > Editor, Marx and Philosophy Review of Books
> >
> > Just published: Marx and Alienation: Essays on Hegelian Themes (Palgrave
> > Macmillan)
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
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