Marxism and the Individual

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This book attempts to develop a Marxist theory of the human individual. It contends that the standard description of the human as a bio-psycho-social being is fundamentally deficient as it doesn’t specify which of these attributes is the determining one. As long as this is not done, the real nature of humanity cannot be uncovered. Preface Acknowledgements Contents Introduction References Chapter I: Cognitive Tools Section 1. Dialectical Identity. Identity Via Specificity Section 2. Roles-Structures-Institutions. Customs/Habits Section 3. Active Determination/Passive Determination Section 4. Conversion of Quantity into Quality and Vice Versa Section 5. Level of Abstractness/Concreteness Section 6. The “Sociality” of the Human Individual References Chapter II: The Soul (the Psyche) Section A: Theory 1. The Soul as the Individual 2. The Theory of Feeltypes 3. The Evolutionary Origin of Feeltypes 4. The Formation of the Soul 5. The Structure of the Soul 6. The Location of the Soul 7. The Body’s Impact 8. The Role of Sexuality in the Formation of the Soul 9. The Description of the Soul 10. The Specificity of the Individual and the Social Section B: Literature 1. Feeltypes and Piaget’s Theory of Soul Formation 2. Lev Vygotsky’s Cultural-Historical Psychology Approach 3. Foremost Personality Theories and Marxism a) The Psychoanalytic Approach and Marxism b) The Distinctive Trait Approach and Marxism c) The Biological Approach and Marxism d) The Humanistic Approach and Marxism e) The Behaviourist/Social Learning Approach and Marxism f) The Cognitive Approach and Marxism References Chapter III: Culture Section A: Theory 1. Culture as Society 2. The Location of Cultures 3. The Sociality of the Individual and the Individuality of Society: Mediations 4. From Individual Habits to Social Customs 5. From Culture to Feelings: Feeltypes 6. Influence of Class Position on Individual Formation and Behaviour 7. The Unpredictability of Individual Behaviour 8. Genesis of the Individual/Society: Evolution11 9. The Simultaneity and Identicality of Individual and Social Genesis Section B: Literature 1. Historical Materialism and George Herbert Mead 2. Historical Materialism and Karen Horney 3. Historical Materialism and Harry Stack Sullivan 4. Historical Materialism and John Bowlby 5. Historical Materialism and Erich Fromm 6. The Theory of the Individual According to Historical Materialism and Pierre Bourdieu 7. Cultural Psychology and Feeltypes References Conclusion Interview with Gökhan Atılgan References Index