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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