{"product_id":"the-dialectical-self-kierkegaard-marx-and-the-making-of-the-modern-subject-hardback-9780812250701","title":"The Dialectical Self; Kierkegaard, Marx, and the Making of the Modern Subject (Hardback) 9780812250701","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Dialectical Self\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eKierkegaard, Marx, and the Making of the Modern Subject\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJamie Aroosi (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812250701\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 9 November 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Jamie Aroosi's new book is an original and refreshing contribution to the study of Søren Kierkegaard and KarlMarx . . . Carefully argued-and skillfully written-it provides a much-needed boost to contemporary scholarship, showing how and why we must read Kierkegaard and Marx as part of the modern quest for democracy and self-determination.\" (\u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Politics\u003c\/i\u003e) \"Jamie Aroosi has a nuanced appreciation for the complexities of the reception of Kierkegaard and Marx in the twentieth century. In a new, refreshing, and useful comparison, \u003ci\u003eThe Dialectical Self\u003c\/i\u003e shows how these two thinkers have much more in common than one might immediately imagine. It deserves our careful attention.\" (Jon Stewart, Slovak Academy of Sciences)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough Karl Marx and SØren Kierkegaard are both major figures in nineteenth-century Western thought, they are rarely considered in the same conversation. Marx is the great radical economic theorist, the prophet of communist revolution who famously claimed religion was the \"opiate of the masses.\" Kierkegaard is the renowned defender of Christian piety, a forerunner of existentialism, and a critic of mass politics who challenged us to become \"the single individual.\" But by drawing out important themes bequeathed them by their shared predecessor G. W. F. Hegel, Jamie Aroosi shows how they were engaged in parallel projects of making sense of the modern, \"dialectical\" self, as it realizes itself through a process of social, economic, political, and religious emancipation.\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Dialectical Self\u003c\/i\u003e, Aroosi illustrates that what is traditionally viewed as opposition is actually a complementary one-sidedness, born of the fact that Marx and Kierkegaard differently imagined the impediments to the self's appropriation of freedom. Specifically, Kierkegaard's concern with the psychological and spiritual nature of the self reflected his belief that the primary impediments to freedom reside in subjectivity, such as in our willing conformity to social norms. Conversely, Marx's concern with the sociopolitical nature of the self reflected his belief that the primary impediments to freedom reside in the objective world, such as in the exploitation of the economic system. However, according to Aroosi, each thinker represents one half of a larger picture of freedom and selfhood, because the subjective and objective impediments to freedom serve to reinforce one another.\u003cbr\u003e By synthesizing the writing of these two diametrically opposed figures, Aroosi demonstrates the importance of envisioning emancipation as a subjective, psychological, and spiritual process as well as an objective, sociopolitical, and economic one. \u003ci\u003eThe Dialectical Self\u003c\/i\u003e attests to the importance and continued relevance of Marx and Kierkegaard for the modern imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction. The Dialectical Self\u003cbr\u003e PART I. BONDAGE\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Selfhood\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Deception\u003cbr\u003e PART II. EMANCIPATION\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Communication\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Law\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Faith\u003cbr\u003e PART III. FREEDOM\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Subjectivity\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. History\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Democracy\u003cbr\u003e PART IV. PRAXIS\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. Religion\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. Politics\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion. Love and Revolution\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559202877720,"sku":"9780812250701","price":41.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-dialectical-self-kierkegaard-marx-and-the-making-of-the-modern-subject-hardback-9780812250701","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}