The Concept of Nature in Marx

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Summary

Literary critic Terry Eagleton summarizes Schmidt as arguing that, according to Marx, "Human beings are part of Nature yet able to stand over against it; and this partial separation from Nature is itself part of their nature."[2]

Scholarly reception

The Concept of Nature in Marx has been seen as a classic work.[1] Philosopher Herbert Marcuse offers a discussion of the role of nature in Marxist philosophy informed by Schmidt's work in his Counterrevolution and Revolt (1972).[3] Political scientist David McLellan describes Schmidt's book as, "an important and well-documented consideration of the importance of Marx's materialism."[4]

References

Footnotes

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Eagleton 2012. p. 248.
  2. Eagleton 2012. p. 233.
  3. Marcuse 1972. p. 62.
  4. McLellan 1995. p. 446.