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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Schmidt am Busch, Hans-Christoph

Titel

'The Egg of Columbus'?How Fourier's social theory exerted a significant (and problematic) influence on the formation of Marx's anthropology and social critique

Ist Teil von

• British journal for the history of philosophy, 2013-12, Vol.21 (6), p.1154-1174

Ort / Verlag

Routledge

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

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Quelle

Taylor & Francis

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In scholarship on the history of philosophy, it is widely assumed that Charles Fourier was a utopian socialist who could not have exerted a significant influence on the development of Karl Marx's thought. Indeed, both Marx and Engels seem to have advanced this view. In contrast, I argue that in 1844 when Marx was developing his anthropology and social critique, he relied upon Fourier's thought to supply a key assumption. After establishing this connection, I explain why Marx's tacit reliance on Fourier creates a problematic undercurrent in his thought.