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- When defining the characteristics that make man specifically human, Marx makes use of two different starting points which yield quite dif ferent definitions of human nature. First, he defines human nature using a biological model, and then an historical model.
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Marx's Concept of Man is a 1961 book about Karl Marx's theory of human nature by the psychoanalyst Erich Fromm. The work sold widely thanks to the popularity of Marx's early writings, which was a product of the existentialism of the 1940s.
- Erich Fromm
- 1961
Marx's concept of man is rooted in Hegel's thinking. Hegel begins with the insight that appearance and essence do not coincide. The task of the dialectical thinker is "to distinguish the essential from the apparent process of reality, and to grasp their relations."
The contrast between Marx's view and Communist totalitarianism could hardly be expressed more radically; humanity in man, says Marx, must not even become a means to his individual existence; how much less could it be considered a means for the state, the class, or the nation.
Erich Fromm 1961. Marx's Concept of Man. First published: Publisher: Frederick Ungar Publishing: New York., 1961. pp. 1 - 85 Transcribed: by Sam Berner. Contents. 1. The Falsification of Marx's Concepts 2. Marx's Historical Materialism 3. The Problem of Consciousness, Social Structure and the Use of Force 4. The Nature of Man 5. Alienation 6.
Mar 26, 2013 · Fromm’s study presents Marx as a humanist and social scientist. Painstakingly traveling through Marx’s oeuvre, Fromm shows how Marx’s real goal was to eliminate man’s alienation, and allow...
- Erich Fromm
- Open Road Media, 2013
- 1480402095, 9781480402096
- Marx's Concept of Man
Fromm provides what was at the time a new and provocative view of Marx’s humanism that challenged both Soviet distortion and Western ignorance of the basic philosophical underpinning of classical Marxism.
So we can see that, even before we begin to consider the precise character of human nature, "real, living" humans, "the activity of man pursuing his aims" is the very building block of Marx's theory of history.
