Marx and Laozi: A Dialectical Synthesis

by James Chambers

In this work the theories of Marx and Laozi are dialectically combined. The resulting synthesis is a positive materialist negation of Hegel's idealist dialectics. Syntheses are presented for Marx and Laozi in ontology, metaphysics, epistemology, scientific method, ethics and politics: the full spectrum of their foundational principles. The book is an attempt to reconstruct a materialist interpretation of Laozi, which can be put to work for Marxist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031409809
• ISBN13: 9783031409806
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 449 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.3"