The Theory of Need in Marx
Book 0 of Radical Thinkers 16
Language: English
Publisher: Verso Books
Words:
47574
Flesch:
52.95
DDC:
335.412
FAST Tags:
Philosophy,
Marxian economics,
Need (Psychology),
Marx; Karl; 1818-1883
LCC:
HB97.5
LC Genre:
Book Details
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Description:
The first full presentation of a fundamental aspect of Marx, the concept of need
What are needs? While the edifices of economic theory are built upon various mechanisms designed to satisfy “human needs,” not many economists have addressed the idea of need itself. Heller’s highly original work identifies this lacuna, recognizing the concept of needs as playing a “hidden but principal role in Marx’s economic categories.” Her writing lucidly exposes radical needs as bearing the seeds of revolutionary agency in alienated capitalist society, and reasserts our existence as sentient beings beyond the realm of the material, productive spheres.