Articles by: Marcello Musto

Alienation in Marxist Tradition

Alienation in Marxist Tradition

Since they were first published in the mid-nineteenth century, Karl Marx’s early writings on alienation have served as a radical touchstone in the fields of social and philosophical thought, generating followers, contestation and debate. It was in the Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 that Marx first developed his theory of alienation. His concept of “alienated labour” pushed beyond the[Read More…]

by 13/04/2023 Comments are Disabled Life/Philosophy
Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) addresses a crowd in Stuttgart.

The Contemporary Relevance of Rosa Luxemburg

In August 1893, when the chair called on her to speak at a session of the Zurich Congress of the Second International, Rosa Luxemburg made her way without hesitation through the crowd of delegates and activists packed into the hall.She was one of the few women present, still in the flush of youth, slight of build, and with a hip[Read More…]

by 26/03/2023 Comments are Disabled Life/Philosophy
Future Scenarios in Ukraine

Future Scenarios in Ukraine

[The Russian invasion of Ukraine started in February 2022. With the aim of over-viewing what happened from the beginning of the war, to reflect on the role of NATO, and to consider possible future scenarios, Marcello Musto conducted a roundtable interview with three internationally well-known scholars from the Marxist tradition: Étienne Balibar, Anniversary Chair of Contemporary European Philosophy at Kingston[Read More…]

by 23/03/2023 Comments are Disabled World