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John Scott

In: Cultural Theory: Classical and Contemporary Positions

Chapter One: Cultural Analysis in Marxist Humanism

Edited by: Tim Edwards

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781446216682.n2

Subject: Sociology of Culture, Cultural Theory

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Scott, J. (2007). Cultural analysis in marxist humanism. In T. Edwards (Ed.), Cultural theory: Classical and contemporary positions (pp. 7-34). London: SAGE Publications Ltd doi: 10.4135/9781446216682.n2

Scott, John. "Cultural Analysis in Marxist Humanism." In Cultural Theory: Classical and Contemporary Positions, edited by Tim Edwards, 7-34. London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2007. doi: 10.4135/9781446216682.n2.

Scott, J 2007, 'Cultural analysis in marxist humanism', in Edwards, T (ed.), Cultural theory: classical and contemporary positions, SAGE Publications Ltd, London, pp. 7-34, viewed 2 June 2020, doi: 10.4135/9781446216682.n2.

Scott, John. "Cultural Analysis in Marxist Humanism." Cultural Theory: Classical and Contemporary Positions. Ed. Tim Edwards. London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2007. 7-34. SAGE Knowledge. Web. 2 Jun. 2020, doi: 10.4135/9781446216682.n2.

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Cultural Analysis in Marxist Humanism
Cultural analysis in marxist humanism
JohnScott

Marxist humanism, in its broadest sense, can be traced back to some of the earliest attempts to combine a Marxist approach to philosophical issues with Hegelian and interpretivist ideas. It involves the attempt to construct a philosophical standpoint that begins from real, conscious human beings and explores the ways in which their self-conscious knowledge enters into the constitution of the world in which they live and act. History is seen as an outcome of those creative human actions through which people both produce a social world and give meaning to it. Glimpsed during the 1890s, this attempt has continued to the present day. Understood as a more specific approach to cultural analysis, however, Marxist humanism has ...

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