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Marx and the Missing Link: 'Human Nature'
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The role of the individual in history: the theory of agency and community and individuality is discussed in this paper, where the authors re-read the story of MARX'S THEORIES of human nature 'EMPIRICally'.Abstract:
Acknowledgements - Introduction - PART 1 RE-READING MARX FOR THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE PSYCHE - New Grundrisse for the Levels of Analysis Problem - PART 2 HUMAN NATURE AS MODIFIED IN EACH HISTORICAL EPOCH - Community and Individuality: The Theory of 'Individuation' - The Role of 'The Individual' in History: the Theory of Agency - PART 3 HUMAN NATURE IN GENERAL - Introduction - Needs and Wants - Responses to Gratification and Deprivation - Knowledge - A General Psychology of Intergroup Relations - PART 4 EVALUATING MARX'S THEORIES OF HUMAN NATURE 'EMPIRICALLY' - Introduction - Individuation and Agency Revisited - How 'General' is 'Human Nature'? - Conclusion - Indexread more
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