Article
Marx's Political Universalism
Topoi
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-1996
Disciplines
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00135392
Abstract
My main aim in this paper is to arrive at a defensible form of Marxian or socialist political universalism through a critical examination of Marx's own political universalism. In the next section, I will outline several moral errors that Walzer ascribes to political universalism, including Marx's, and show that Walzer largely misdirects his criticisms because what primarily accounts for Marx committing the errors is his Hegelian metaphysical conception of history, not his political universalism as such.
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“The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00135392”.
Citation Information
Harry van der Linden. "Marx's Political Universalism" Topoi Vol. 15 Iss. 2 (1996) p. 235 - 245 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/harry_vanderlinden/37/