Marxist humanism

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Marxist tendency humanist philosophy philosophical current

Marxist humanism is a philosophical current that interprets Marxism through a human-centered lens, emphasizing human agency, alienation, and emancipation over economic determinism or rigid structuralism.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Existential Marxism 1
Hegelian Marxism 1
humanistic Marxism 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Marxist tendency ⓘ
humanist philosophy ⓘ
philosophical current ⓘ
basedOn Karl Marx NERFINISHED ⓘ
critiques Stalinism ⓘ
bureaucratic socialism ⓘ
reification ⓘ
developedIn 20th century ⓘ
post-World War II period ⓘ
emphasizes Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 NERFINISHED ⓘ
early writings of Karl Marx ⓘ
ethical dimensions of Marxism ⓘ
human essence as social and historical ⓘ
praxis ⓘ
subjectivity ⓘ
focusesOn overcoming alienation from species-being ⓘ
overcoming alienation in social relations ⓘ
overcoming alienation in work ⓘ
hasMainInterest alienation ⓘ
critique of economic determinism ⓘ
critique of structuralism ⓘ
human agency ⓘ
human emancipation ⓘ
hasNotableProponent Adam Schaff NERFINISHED ⓘ
E. P. Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Erich Fromm NERFINISHED ⓘ
György Lukács NERFINISHED ⓘ
Henri Lefebvre NERFINISHED ⓘ
Herbert Marcuse NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jean-Paul Sartre NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karel Kosík NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leszek Kołakowski NERFINISHED ⓘ
Raya Dunayevskaya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roger Garaudy NERFINISHED ⓘ
holdsThat communism is realization of human freedom ⓘ
social structures should serve human development ⓘ
influenced New Left NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Marxism NERFINISHED ⓘ
critical theory NERFINISHED ⓘ
humanist socialism ⓘ
liberation theology ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
opposes economistic interpretations of Marx ⓘ
mechanistic Marxism ⓘ
rigid structuralist Marxism ⓘ
relatedTo Hegelian Marxism NERFINISHED ⓘ
critical humanism ⓘ
existential Marxism ⓘ
viewsHumanBeingsAs self-creating through labor and social practice ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Ethical Dimensions of Marxist Thought → hasPerspective → Marxist humanism ⓘ
Humanism → hasVariant → Marxist humanism ⓘ
History and Class Consciousness → influenced → Marxist humanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Existential Marxism
History and Class Consciousness → philosophicalTradition → Marxist humanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hegelian Marxism
Erich Fromm → politicalIdeology → Marxist humanism ⓘ
this entity surface form: humanistic Marxism