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The compatibility of freedom and necessity in Marx’s idea of communist society

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James, David Neil (2017) The compatibility of freedom and necessity in Marx’s idea of communist society. European Journal of Philosophy, 25 (2). pp. 270-293. doi:10.1111/ejop.12209 ISSN 0966-8373.

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Abstract

Taking a well-known passage from the third volume of Capital as my starting point, I explain on what grounds Marx thinks that freedom and necessity will be compatible in a communist society. The necessity in question concerns having to produce to satisfy material needs. Unlike some accounts of this issue, I argue that the compatibility of freedom and necessity in communist society has more to do with how production is organized than with the direct relation of the worker to the object produced or to his or her own productive activity. Moreover, I show how self-realization and a form of activity that possesses an intrinsic value are made possible by the organization of the production process and how this is integral to Marx's account of the compatibility of freedom and necessity in communist society.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HX Socialism. Communism. Anarchism
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Communism, Marx, Karl, 1818-1883 -- Criticism, Textual, Liberty, Hours of labor
Journal or Publication Title: European Journal of Philosophy
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN: 0966-8373
Official Date: June 2017
Dates:
DateEvent
June 2017Published
22 February 2017Available
9 November 2016Accepted
Volume: 25
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 270-293
DOI: 10.1111/ejop.12209
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit: 17 November 2016
Date of first compliant Open Access: 22 February 2019
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