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Marx's theory of human nature

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Marx's theory of human nature occupies an important place in his critique of capitalism, his conception of communism, and his 'materialist conception of history'. Marx, however, does not refer to "human nature" as such, but to Gattungswesen, which is generally translated as 'species-being' or 'species-essence'. What Marx meant by this is that humans are capable of making or shaping their own... Read enhanced Wikipedia article
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    Marx's theory of human nature

    Marx's theory of human nature occupies an important place in his critique of capitalism, his conception of communism, and his 'materialist conception of history'.
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    Antihumanism

    Marx's theory of human nature
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    Marx's theory of alienation

    In the concept's most important use, it refers to the social alienation of people from aspects of their "human nature" (Gattungswesen, usually translated as 'species-essence' or 'species-being'). ... Relation to Marx's theory of history
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    Karl Marx

    The Scientist Lionel Tiger has also argued against the Marxist view of Human nature. ... Hal Draper, Karl Marx's Theory of Revolution (4 volumes) Monthly Review Press
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    Law of value

    What is reasonable and necessary by nature asserts itself only as a blindly operating average. ... Various arguments are made to show that Marx's theory of value is logically incoherent.
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    Historical materialism

    1. The basis of human society is how humans work on nature to produce the means of subsistence. ... Marx's theory of history
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    Labor theory of value

    Nature is just as much a source of use values (and it is surely of such that material wealth consists!) as labor which is itself only the manifestation of a force of nature, human labor power. ... According to Marx's theory, actual prices will virtually always diverge from 'values' defined as units of labor-time.
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    Transformation problem

    By nature, the concept of economic value is not itself a scientifically provable concept but an assumption. ... Consequently, if Marx's theory of labour-exploitation is false, this is a quite separate issue.
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    Marxism

    Alienation: Marx refers to the alienation of people from aspects of their "human nature" ("Gattungswesen", usually translated as 'species-essence' or 'species-being'). ... Marx's theory of history

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