History and Freedom in Marx and Cohen

Some thoughts on G.A. Cohen's defense of Marx's historical materialism, his normative case for socialism, and what's missing at the intersection of the two

This is a lightly edited transcript of the short talk I gave on “History and Freedom in Marx and Cohen” last month at the Midwest Political Science Association conference in Chicago. It was part of a session on “Exploitation and Freedom” that also featured presentations by James Tussing, Peter Hans Matthews, and Zev Berger.

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