Norman Geras's Political Thought from Marxism to Human Rights Controversy and Analysis /

• Main Author: Cowling, Mark (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Political theory.; Political philosophy.; Social justice.; Human rights.; Political Theory.; Political Philosophy.; Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.

This book provides a critical account of the main controversies involving Norman Geras, one of the key modern political thinkers. It moves from his youthful Trotskyism on to his book on Rosa Luxemburg, then his classic account of Marx and human nature, and his highly regarded discussion of Marx and...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. The Legacy of Rosa Luxemburg
• Chapter 3. Geras and Trotskyism
• Chapter 4. Marx and Human Nature
• Chapter 5. Geras and Althusser
• Chapter 6. Marx and justice
• Chapter 7. Marxism, Socialism and Morality
• Chapter 8. Geras and postmodernism
• Chapter 9. Geras and postmodernism
• Chapter 10. The Enlightenment and Modernity
• Chapter 11. The Contract of Mutual Indifference
• Chapter 12. Crimes against Humanity
• Chapter 13. Conclusion.