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Title
Freedom
in
Karl
Marx's
Das
Kapital
Author
Abbott
,
Donald
Patrick
,
1951-
Description
Thesis
(M.A.)
--
Memorial
University
of
Newfoundland
,
1983.
Philosophy
Date
1983.
Pagination
iii, 114 leaves.
Subject
Marx
,
Karl
,
1818-1883;
Degree
M.A.
Degree Grantor
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dept. of Philosophy
Discipline
Philosophy
Language
Eng
Notes
Bibliography
:
leaves
[113]-114.
Abstract
A
concise
statement
of the
nature
of
freedom
,
which
contains
aspects
of
individual
freedom
and
social
freedom
,
can
be
extracted
from the
economic
discussions
that
form
the
substance
of
Karl
Marx's
Das
Kapital
(Capital
,
volume
1).
The
account
of the
individual
freedom
involves
the
concern
of
individuals
who
want
to be
free
of the
interference
of
capital.
It
is
an
expanded
consideration
of
non-interference
associated
traditionally
with the
ideal
liberal
notion
of
negative
freedom
, and
it
has its
basis
in the
universal
condition
of
existence
where
individuals
labour
in
order
to
survive.
--
Social
freedom
is
concerned
with how
individuals
labour
in
each
changing
social
form
, and in
capitalist
society
it
is
primarily
concerned
with the
lack
of
freedom
of those
who
sell
their
labour-
power
in
acquiring
a
fair
distribution
of the
benefits
and
burdens
of
society.
Marx
argues
that
it
is
because
of the
sale
of
labour-power
that
capitalism
comes
into
existence
, and
once
the
intense
accumulation
of
nineteenth
century
European
capitalism
is
completed
then a
new
social
form
will have to
replace
capitalism.
In
Das
Kapital
Marx
depends
neither
on the
eventual
collapse
of
capitalism
in
order
for
individuals
to
acquire
greater
freedom
in
society
,
nor
does
he
propose
a
positive
programme
,
explainable
by
dialectics
, to
overthrow
capitalism.
Instead
, he
argues
that
greater
freedom
develops
in
society
by
both
reform
and
revolution.
--
The
argument
proceeds
as
follows:
Chapter
One
presents
the
discussion
of
freedom
in
relation
to the
distinction
of
negative
and
positive
freedom
in
Isaiah
Berlin's
"Two
Concepts
of
Liberty."
Chapter
Two
considers
recent
criticism
of
Berlin's
notion
of
negative
freedom
, and
I
maintain
that
Marx
allows
for an
expanded
consideration
of
negative
freedom
where
individuals
are
motivated
to be
free
of the
interference
of
capital.
Chapter
Three
argues
that
both
reform
and
revolution
are
vehicles
for
social
change
in
Das
Kaptial
, and
Marx
doesn't
outline
a
positive
programme
for the
future.
The
final
chapter
(Chapter
Four)
presents
Marx's
account
of
freedom
which
is
based
on the
notions
of
individual
freedom
and
social
freedom.
Type
Text
Resource Type
Electronic
thesis
or
dissertation
Format
Image/jpeg;
Application/pdf
Source
Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier
75251195
Rights
The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. The author has given blanket permission to copy.
Collection
Electronic
Theses
and
Dissertations
Scanning Status
Completed
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