Hegelian Marxism vs. Analytical Marxism (ft. Matt McManus + Michael Lazarus)

About this episode

Ben Burgis discusses Hegelian and analytical Marxism with guests Michael Lazarus and Matt McManus.

Ben Burgis is joined by Michael Lazarus (author of "Absolute Ethical Life: Aristotle, Hegel and Marx") and Matt McManus (who needs no introduction to GTAA fans) for a fun three-way exchange on "analytical Marxism" (the tradition Ben works in), Michael's more Hegel-inflected version of Marxism, and Matt's sympathies with both sides. Order Michael's book: https://www.sup.org/books/politics/absolute-ethical-life Follow Michael on Twitter: @Mblaz39 Follow Matt on Twitter: @MattPolProf Follow...

People in this episode

Host: Ben Burgis

Guests: Michael Lazarus, Matt McManus

Topics covered

• Hegelian Marxism
• Analytical Marxism
• philosophy
• politics
• ethics

Keywords

• Marxism
• Hegel
• analytical philosophy
• political theory
• ethics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Twitter

Books & works: Absolute Ethical Life: Aristotle, Hegel and Marx

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