Wednesday, February 3, 2016
My Weird Understanding of Marx
I 've heard from professor Hurley that some of you want to see the bottom half of my diagram. So here it is! Basically Marx are saying that countries like the US have achieved political emancipation, but political emancipation is not human emancipation. Whereas I kind of reinterpret the meaning of political emancipation, and asserting that America only achieved political emancipation formally, but not in reality. I define the term "real political emancipation" as political state not being influenced by non-political elements at all. Further, I claim that "real political emancipation" will be achieved if and only if human emancipation is achieved. My claim is not exactly the same as what Marx means in his paper, but I do not think Marx would differ. Hope this could contribute to our discussion of "the German Ideology." LOL
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Hey Sebastian! For me, some of the definitions were a bit nebulous, and perhaps such ambiguity is due to my not being in your tutorial. How is your definition of "real political emancipation" different from human emancipation? If we're examining this faux-political emancipation (as you're implying), it follows that such freedoms are illusory in such a state. Obviously, there's a difference between being granted certain liberties and being able to access said liberties. Being free to drive a car doesn't mean a whole lot if there are no roads or you're too poor to own a car. It seems to me that the liberties are not a black and white concept. One might have certain liberties granted conditionally. Unfortunately, Marx doesn't see this faux-political emancipation as much more than a means to an end.
ReplyDeleteDaniel, thanks for your comment! "real political emancipation" refers to achievable political emancipation. I do agree that political emancipation is achieved formally (legally) now. My understanding of "real political emancipation" is that political decision is not influenced by non-political elements at all in reality. Whereas my understanding of human emancipation is the fully integration of the abstract person and the self-interested individual. I hope that may help you to understand my point.
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