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Author:   Ian H. Angus
Publisher:   Lexington Books
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.721kg
ISBN:  

9781793640925

ISBN 10:   1793640920
Pages:   558
Publication Date:   15 March 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Part One: Phenomenology and the Crisis of Modern Reason Introduction: Modern Reason, Crisis, Meaning and Value Chapter 1 – Overview of the Crisis Part Two: Objectivism and the Crisis of Value Chapter 2 – Modern Science and the Problem of Objectivism Chapter 3 – Galilean Science and the One-Dimensional Lifeworld Chapter 4 – The Institution of Digital Culture Chapter 5 – Representation and the Crisis of Value Concluding Remark to Part Two Part Three: The Living Body and Ontology of Labor Chapter 6 – Science and the Lifeworld Chapter 7 – Ontology of Labor and the Inception of Culture Chapter 8 – The Regime of Value Chapter 9 – Technology in Living Labor Chapter 10 – Nature and the Source of Value Concluding Remark to Part Three Part Four: Transcendentality and the Constitution of Worlds Chapter 11 – The Paradox of Subjectivity and the Transcendental Field Chapter 12 – Limits of Europe and the Planetary Event Chapter 13 - America and Philosophy: Planetary Technology and Place-Based Indigeneity Chapter 14 - Philosophy as Autobiography: A Thankful Critic Chapter 15 – Excess and Nothing Concluding Remark to Part Four Part Five: Self-Responsibility of Humanity as Teleologically Given in Transcendental Phenomenology Chapter 16 – Self-Responsibility for Humanity and for Oneself Bibliography Detailed Table of Contents

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Angus creates a dialogue between Edmund Husserl and Karl Marx heavily informed by the work of Herbert Marcuse and the Frankfurt School. According to Angus, the the crisis of European sciences that concerned Husserl and the alienation of the worker from his labor that animated Marx are rooted in the same stifled and limited view of reason and rationality. This being the case, Husserl's phenomenology can be appealed to by Marxian thinkers, and Marx can add depth and texture to Husserl's more formal philosophizing. The point of this book, however, is not merely to negotiate the relationship between two long-dead philosophers but also to show how this phenomenological Marxism can assist in thinking through current debates and crises, most notably climate change and its attendant woes. The book is densely argued and calls for a careful, thorough reading. Readers should be familiar not only with Husserl and Marx but also with Feenberg, Habermas, Heidegger, and Marcuse. Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty. * Choice Reviews * Groundwork of Phenomenological Marxism is an extraordinary tour de force. The passionate and relentlessly erudite scholarship that unfolds on these pages is at once staggeringly wide and impressively deep. Through meticulous yet critical reinterpretations of Husserl and Marx, Ian H. Angus establishes a systematic parallel that gives an unprecedented boost to phenomenological Marxism as a project of radical critique and, on this basis, goes on to develop a powerful and auspicious new philosophical framework for confronting the global crises of the twenty-first century. Angus's book is an achievement of the highest importance that will inspire many readers for years to come. -- Bryan Smyth, University of Mississippi Groundwork of Phenomenological Marxism: Crisis, Body, World is the most important contribution to phenomenological Marxism in decades. Angus shows the similarity between Husserl's critique of 'Galilean' science and Marx's value theory and, on that basis, develops a phenomenology of digital communication, ecology, and Indigeneity. Critical theorists of all stripes need to read this book. -- Andrew Feenberg, Simon Fraser University It is a welcome addition to our intellectual life and provides an important way in which to address the manifold contemporary crises our world faces. In particular, Angus presents a compelling model wherein we engage with Indigenous and community-based thinking not to simply affirm the otherness of this thought, but to see it as an important interlocutor with European phenomenology and Marxism. * Phenomenological Reviews * To conclude, Angus's book is a profound attempt, executed with outstanding erudition, to creatively confront the contemporary crisis of global civilization through the lens of a unique synthesis of Marx and Husserl. As a phenomenological recovery of Marx's ontology of labor, oriented toward new horizons in ecological thought, it makes a fundamental contribution and will be a necessary reference point for all future work on this thematic.... I hope this extraordinary book will open up a new discussion of Husserl's relation to Marx and renew interest in the largely lost tradition of phenomenological Marxism, both of which will be necessary for an even more fundamental challenge to the intellectual roots of our present crisis. * Human Studies *

"Angus creates a dialogue between Edmund Husserl and Karl Marx heavily informed by the work of Herbert Marcuse and the Frankfurt School. According to Angus, the ""the crisis of European sciences"" that concerned Husserl and the alienation of the worker from his labor that animated Marx are rooted in the same stifled and limited view of reason and rationality. This being the case, Husserl's phenomenology can be appealed to by Marxian thinkers, and Marx can add depth and texture to Husserl's more formal philosophizing. The point of this book, however, is not merely to negotiate the relationship between two long-dead philosophers but also to show how this ""phenomenological Marxism"" can assist in thinking through current debates and crises, most notably climate change and its attendant woes. The book is densely argued and calls for a careful, thorough reading. Readers should be familiar not only with Husserl and Marx but also with Feenberg, Habermas, Heidegger, and Marcuse. Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty. * Choice Reviews * Groundwork of Phenomenological Marxism is an extraordinary tour de force. The passionate and relentlessly erudite scholarship that unfolds on these pages is at once staggeringly wide and impressively deep. Through meticulous yet critical reinterpretations of Husserl and Marx, Ian H. Angus establishes a systematic parallel that gives an unprecedented boost to phenomenological Marxism as a project of radical critique and, on this basis, goes on to develop a powerful and auspicious new philosophical framework for confronting the global crises of the twenty-first century. Angus’s book is an achievement of the highest importance that will inspire many readers for years to come. -- Bryan Smyth, University of Mississippi Groundwork of Phenomenological Marxism: Crisis, Body, World is the most important contribution to phenomenological Marxism in decades. Angus shows the similarity between Husserl’s critique of 'Galilean' science and Marx’s value theory and, on that basis, develops a phenomenology of digital communication, ecology, and Indigeneity. Critical theorists of all stripes need to read this book. -- Andrew Feenberg, Simon Fraser University It is a welcome addition to our intellectual life and provides an important way in which to address the manifold contemporary crises our world faces. In particular, Angus presents a compelling model wherein we engage with Indigenous and community-based thinking not to simply affirm the “otherness” of this thought, but to see it as an important interlocutor with European phenomenology and Marxism. * Phenomenological Reviews * To conclude, Angus’s book is a profound attempt, executed with outstanding erudition, to creatively confront the contemporary crisis of global civilization through the lens of a unique synthesis of Marx and Husserl. As a phenomenological recovery of Marx’s ontology of labor, oriented toward new horizons in ecological thought, it makes a fundamental contribution and will be a necessary reference point for all future work on this thematic…. I hope this extraordinary book will open up a new discussion of Husserl’s relation to Marx and renew interest in the largely lost tradition of phenomenological Marxism, both of which will be necessary for an even more fundamental challenge to the intellectual roots of our present crisis. * Human Studies *"

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Ian H. Angus is professor emeritus of humanities at Simon Fraser University.

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