Description
| Product ID: | 9781788733731 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche |
| Subtitle: | or the Realm of Shadows |
| Authors: | Author: Henri Lefebvre, David Fernbach |
| Page Count: | 240 |
| Subjects: | Philosophy, Philosophy, History of ideas, Political science and theory, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, History of ideas, Political science & theory, Marxism & Communism, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies |
| Description: | Henri Lefebvre saw Marx as an 'unavoidable, necessary, but insufficient starting point', and always insisted on the importance of Hegel to understanding Marx. Metaphilosophy also suggested the significance he ascribed to Nietzsche, in the 'realm of shadows' through which philosophy seeks to think the world. Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche: or the Realm of the Shadows proposes that the modern world is, at the same time, Hegelian in terms of the state, Marxist in terms of the social and society and Nietzschean in terms of civilisation and its values. As early as 1939, Lefebvre had pioneered a French reading of Nietzsche that rejected the philosopher's appropriation by fascists, bringing out the tragic implications of Nietzsche's proclamation that 'God is dead' long before this approach was followed by such later writers as Foucault, Derrida and Deleuze. Forty years later, in the last of his philosophical writings, Lefebvre juxtaposed the contributions of the three great thinkers, in a text that's themes remain surprisingly relevant today. The great French Marxist philosopher weighs up the contributions of the three major critics of modernity With the translation of Lefebvre''s philosophical writings, his stature in the English-speaking world continues to grow. Though certainly within the Marxist tradition, he consistently saw Marx as an ''unavoidable, necessary, but insufficient starting point''. Unsurprisingly, Lefebvre always insisted on the importance of Hegel to understanding Marx. But the imposing Metaphilosophy also suggested the significance he ascribed to Nietzsche, in the ''realm of shadows'' through which philosophy seeks to think the world. Lefebvre proposes here that the modern world is at the same time Hegelian in terms of the state; Marxist in terms of the social and society; and Nietzschean in terms of civilization and its values. As early as 1939, Lefebvre pioneered a French reading of Nietzsche that rejected the philosopher''s appropriation by fascism, bringing out the tragic implications of Nietzsche''s proclamation that ''God is dead'' long before this approach was followed by such later writers as Foucault, Derrida and Deleuze. Forty years later, in the last of his philosophical writings, Lefebvre juxtaposes the contributions of the three great thinkers, in a text whose themes remain surprisingly relevant today. |
| Imprint Name: | Verso Books |
| Publisher Name: | Verso Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-02-11 |
