Alienation

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Bernard E. Harcourt | On Marx’s Paris Manuscripts of 1844, Jacques Lacan, and Renata Salecl: Introduction to Marx 4/13

Many commentators posit a stark conflict between Marx and Lacan—or, more generally, between Marx and post-structuralist thinkers. But Lacan’s discussion of desire and alienation might be useful for a reading of Marx. It may serve to enrich the questions of desire and alienation that infuse Marx’s discussion in the Paris Manuscripts, rather than undermine them. [To read more, continue here…]