Groundwork of Phenomenological Marxism: Crisis, Body, World

Ian H. Angus investigates the crisis of reason in a contemporary context, connecting phenomenology of human motility to Marxs ontology of labor and showing that ecology is the contemporary exemplary science. He argues that a philosophy of technology and a dialogue between cultural-civilizational lifeworlds are needed to address the crisis.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 558 pages
Publication date: 15 March 2023
Publisher: Lexington Books

Ian H. Angus' "Groundwork of Phenomenological Marxism: Crisis, Body, World" explores the crisis of reason in a contemporary context, connecting the phenomenology of human motility to Marx's ontology of labor in Capital. He argues that the formalization of reason creates an inability to foster differentiated community and that the formalization of human motility by the regime of value reveals the ontological productivity of natural fecundity, showing that ecology is the contemporary exemplary science. Addressing the crisis requires a philosophy of technology and a dialogue between cultural-civilizational lifeworlds, which surpasses Husserl's assumption that Europe is the home of reason. Anguss overall conception of phenomenology is Socratic, concerned with the presuppositions and applications of knowledge-forms in their lifeworld grounding. He further shows that the contemporary event is the epochal confrontation between planetary technology and place-based Indigeneity. This book lays out the fundamental concepts of a systematic phenomenological Marxian philosophy.

Weight: 454g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781793640925