Groundwork of Phenomenological Marxism: Crisis, Body, World

552 Pages·2021·2.788 MB·English

by  Ian H. Angus

Groundwork of
Phenomenological
Marxism
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Groundwork of
Phenomenological
Marxism
Crisis, Body, World
Ian H. Angus
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Contents
Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgements xi
List of Abbreviations xiii
PART ONE: PHENOMENOLOGY AND THE
CRISIS OF MODERN REASON
Introduction: Modern Reason, Crisis, Meaning and Value 3
1 Overview of the Crisis 13
PART TWO: OBJECTIVISM AND THE CRISIS OF VALUE
2 Modern Science and the Problem of Objectivism 37
3 Galilean Science and the One-Dimensional Lifeworld 87
4 The Institution of Digital Culture 111
5 Representation and the Crisis of Value 129
Concluding Remark to Part Two 147
PART THREE: THE LIVING BODY AND ONTOLOGY
OF LABOUR
6 Science and the Lifeworld 151
7 Ontology of Labor and the Inception of Culture 177
8 The Regime of Value 231
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9 Technology in Living Labor 295
10 Nature and the Source of Value 335
Concluding Remark to Part Three 353
PART FOUR: TRANSCENDENTALITY AND
THE CONSTITUTION OF WORLDS
11 The Paradox of Subjectivity and the Transcendental Field 357
12 Limits of Europe and the Planetary Event 393
13 America and Philosophy: Planetary Technology and
Place-Based Indigeneity 419
14 Philosophy as Autobiography: A Thankful Critic 445
15 Excess and Nothing 463
Concluding Remark to Part Four 483
PART FIVE: SELF-RESPONSIBILITY OF
HUMANITY AS TELEOLOGICALLY GIVEN
IN TRANSCENDENTAL PHENOMENOLOGY
16 Self-Responsibility for Humanity and for Oneself 487
Bibliography 509
Detailed Table of Contents 525
Index 533
About the Author
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Preface
Preface
The following is a philosophical text which attempts to follow through the
implications of Edmund Husserl’s Crisis of the European Sciences and Karl
Marx’s Capital, Vol. 1 in a manner pertinent to contemporary issues at the
beginning of the 21st century. It develops themes relevant to Indigeneity;
Eurocentrism; ecology; technology, media theory and digital culture; the
monopolization of the social representation of value by money; digital la-
bour; the plurality of (what I call) culture-civilizations; etc. Nevertheless, the
main focus is not to address such themes individually but to uncover their
philosophical basis and formulate a unified approach to them. In that sense,
it is not a work of established scholarly research but of philosophy. While
that philosophy will only be fully apparent in the unfolding logic of the text,
it is, however, possible to consider the chapters which explicate the specific
themes, and intervene in ongoing debates, separately.
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