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Language German Subject Karl Marx | 3.7/5 Goodreads ISBN 978-1781681473 Copyright date 1971 Country Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Original title Der Begriff der Natur in der Lehre von Marx Published 1962 (in German)
1971 (in English) Media type Print (Hardcover and Paperback) Similar Alfred Schmidt books, Marxian economics books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Concept of Nature in Marx (German: Der Begriff der Natur in der Lehre von Marx) is a 1962 book by philosopher Alfred Schmidt. First published in English in 1971, is a classic account of Karl Marx's ideas about nature.
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Summary
Literary critic Terry Eagleton summarizes Schmidt as arguing that, according to Marx, "Human beings are part of Nature yet able to stand over against it; and this partial separation from Nature is itself part of their nature."
Scholarly reception
The Concept of Nature in Marx has been seen as a classic work. Philosopher Herbert Marcuse offers a discussion of the role of nature in Marxist philosophy informed by Schmidt's work in his Counterrevolution and Revolt (1972). Political scientist David McLellan describes Schmidt's book as, "an important and well-documented consideration of the importance of Marx's materialism."