Derek Matravers and Gerry Cohen on The German Ideology

08/23/09 • 29 min

Reading Political Philosophy: From Machiavelli to Mill - Audio

The German Ideology, Marx and Engels’ 1845 book, is dissected and discussed. The discussion highlights the importance of the book in terms of Marx and the development of his theory of history, the inevitabilities in history, and rights as a moral truth.

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Transcript -- Derek Matravers and Gerry Cohen on The German Ideology

Transcript -- The German Ideology, Marx and Engels’ 1845 book, is dissected and discussed. The discussion highlights the importance of the book in terms of Marx and the development of his theory of history, the inevitabilities in history, and rights as a moral truth.

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