Abstract The 1911 text “The death of socialism” confirms the existence of two different phases in the Marxism of the young Croce, namely, the Labriolian and the Sorelian phases. The paper, while proclaiming the death of socialism, also ascribes the peculiarities of Sorel’s socialism (e.g., the myth of the heroic worker) to Marxist socialism. Croce thereby fails to do justice not only to socialism and Marxism, but also to the “theoretical Marxist Croce of 1896-1897”, who enthusiastically stressed Marx’s ability to deal with a “moral” question (the surplus labor que - stion) and thereby highlight the historical specificity of capitalist society. In his 1911 paper, the older Croce “forgets” the importance he previously ascribed to Marxism (understood as “a more solid utopia than the earlier ones”) and interprets his own “Marxist” essays of 1896-99 only as a first comparison of the new Neo-Hegelian idealism with the categories of “usefulness” and “praxis”.
BENEDETTO CROCE, IL «SOGNO» MORALE E SOCIALE DI MARX E LA «MORTE DEL SOCIALISMO»
TUOZZOLO, CLAUDIO
2012-01-01
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Abstract The 1911 text “The death of socialism” confirms the existence of two different phases in the Marxism of the young Croce, namely, the Labriolian and the Sorelian phases. The paper, while proclaiming the death of socialism, also ascribes the peculiarities of Sorel’s socialism (e.g., the myth of the heroic worker) to Marxist socialism. Croce thereby fails to do justice not only to socialism and Marxism, but also to the “theoretical Marxist Croce of 1896-1897”, who enthusiastically stressed Marx’s ability to deal with a “moral” question (the surplus labor que - stion) and thereby highlight the historical specificity of capitalist society. In his 1911 paper, the older Croce “forgets” the importance he previously ascribed to Marxism (understood as “a more solid utopia than the earlier ones”) and interprets his own “Marxist” essays of 1896-99 only as a first comparison of the new Neo-Hegelian idealism with the categories of “usefulness” and “praxis”.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
