Jan Kandiyali
Biographic Data
| ID | 1629077 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jan Kandiyali |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jan |
| FAMILY NAME | Kandiyali |
| SIGNATURE | KANDIYALI J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durham University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0286-194X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
What makes communism possible? The self-realisation interpretation
In the Critique of Gotha Programme, Karl Marx famously argues that a communist society will be characterised by the principle, ‘From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs!’ I take up a question about this principle that was originally posed by G.A. Cohen , namely: what makes communism (so conceived) possible for Marx? In reply to this question, Cohen interprets Marx as saying that communism is possible because of limitle…
Marx, Communism, and Basic Income
Should Marxists support universal basic income (UBI), i.e., a regular cash income paid to all without a means test or work requirement? This paper considers one important argument that they should, namely that UBI would be instrumentally effective in helping to bring about communism. It argues that previous answers to this question have paid insufficient attention to a logically prior question: what is Marx’s account of communism? In reply, it di…
Should socialists be republicans
This paper presents a critique of left republican writings from a non-republican socialist standpoint. It examines three claims that have been advanced by left republican authors: that workers are dominated 1) by their lack of access to the means of production; 2) by the market; and 3) by their employer. With regard to 1) and 2), it argues that alternative conceptions of freedom can identify the unfreedom in question, and that there are good reas…
Sharing Burdensome Work
In this paper, I defend the proposal that certain forms of work-specifically forms that are socially necessary but involve the imposition of considerable burdens-be shared between citizens. I argue that sharing burdensome work would achieve several goals, including a more equal distribution of the benefits and burdens of work, a greater appreciation of each other's labour contributions, and an amelioration of problematic inequalities of status. I…
Is Marx's Thought on Freedom Contradictory
In The Longing for Total Revolution Bernard Yack argues that Marx’s \nthought is plagued by a recurring contradiction. On the one hand, Marx criticizes his \nidealist predecessors for failing to get beyond the dichotomy between human \nfreedom and natural necessity, and he identifies labour, activity determined by the \nnecessity of having to satisfy material needs, as the primary activity of human \nfreedom. On the other hand, Marx’s account of …
The Importance of Others
Marx’s vision of unalienated production is often thought to be subject to decisive objections. This article argues that these objections rely on a misinterpretation of Marx’s position. It provides a new interpretation of Marx’s vision of unalienated production. Unlike another well-known account, it suggests that unalienated production involves realizing oneself through providing others with the goods and services they need for their self-realizat…
Historical Materialism
This chapter discusses the philosophical side of Karl Marx's thought as well as some of the major debates about it in the secondary literature. It first examines Marx's early writings, focusing, in particular, on his views on religion, the limitations of political emancipation and the dehumanizing conditions of work under capitalism. Marx and Engels considered the theory of history to be one of Marx's most important theoretical achievements. In a…
Schiller and Marx on Specialization and Self-Realization
This chapter begins by discussing Friedrich Schiller's critique of specialization, before going on to consider his suggestive but less developed ideas about how the pernicious effects of specialization can be counteracted. It focuses on two issues: Schiller and Karl Marx’s critical accounts of the pernicious effects of specialization and their positive visions about how these pernicious effects might be overcome. The chapter shows that how Marx's…
Reassessing Marx’s Social and Political Philosophy
Reassessing Marx's Social and Political Philosophy
Marx on the compatibility of freedom and necessity
In a recent paper, David James argues for a new understanding of the compatibility of freedom and necessity in Marx's idea of a communist society. According to James, such compatibility has less to do with anything distinctive about the nature of labour and more to do with how communist producers organize the sphere of material production. In this paper, I argue that James provides a nuanced and plausible account of one part of Marx's story of th…
Freedom and Necessity in Marx's Account of Communism
This paper considers whether Marx's views about communism change significantly during his lifetime. According to the ‘standard story’, as Marx got older he dropped the vision of self-realization in labour that he spoke of in his early writings, and adopted a more pessimistic account of labour, where real freedom is achieved outside the working-day, in leisure. Other commentators, however, have argued that there is no pessimistic shift in Marx's t…
Marxism and Liberalism
Should socialists be republicans
This paper presents a critique of left republican writings from a non-republican socialist standpoint. It examines three claims that have been advanced by left republican authors: that workers are dominated 1) by their lack of access to the means of production; 2) by the market; and 3) by their employer. With regard to 1) and 2), it argues that alternative conceptions of freedom can identify the unfreedom in question, and that there are good reas…
Sharing Burdensome Work
In this paper, I defend the proposal that certain forms of work-specifically forms that are socially necessary but involve the imposition of considerable burdens-be shared between citizens. I argue that sharing burdensome work would achieve several goals, including a more equal distribution of the benefits and burdens of work, a greater appreciation of each other's labour contributions, and an amelioration of problematic inequalities of status. I…
What makes communism possible? The self-realisation interpretation
In the Critique of Gotha Programme, Karl Marx famously argues that a communist society will be characterised by the principle, ‘From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs!’ I take up a question about this principle that was originally posed by G.A. Cohen , namely: what makes communism (so conceived) possible for Marx? In reply to this question, Cohen interprets Marx as saying that communism is possible because of limitle…
Marxism and Liberalism
Freedom and Necessity in Marx's Account of Communism
This paper considers whether Marx's views about communism change significantly during his lifetime. According to the ‘standard story’, as Marx got older he dropped the vision of self-realization in labour that he spoke of in his early writings, and adopted a more pessimistic account of labour, where real freedom is achieved outside the working-day, in leisure. Other commentators, however, have argued that there is no pessimistic shift in Marx's t…
Marx on the compatibility of freedom and necessity
In a recent paper, David James argues for a new understanding of the compatibility of freedom and necessity in Marx's idea of a communist society. According to James, such compatibility has less to do with anything distinctive about the nature of labour and more to do with how communist producers organize the sphere of material production. In this paper, I argue that James provides a nuanced and plausible account of one part of Marx's story of th…
Schiller and Marx on Specialization and Self-Realization
This chapter begins by discussing Friedrich Schiller's critique of specialization, before going on to consider his suggestive but less developed ideas about how the pernicious effects of specialization can be counteracted. It focuses on two issues: Schiller and Karl Marx’s critical accounts of the pernicious effects of specialization and their positive visions about how these pernicious effects might be overcome. The chapter shows that how Marx's…
Reassessing Marx’s Social and Political Philosophy
Reassessing Marx's Social and Political Philosophy
Historical Materialism
This chapter discusses the philosophical side of Karl Marx's thought as well as some of the major debates about it in the secondary literature. It first examines Marx's early writings, focusing, in particular, on his views on religion, the limitations of political emancipation and the dehumanizing conditions of work under capitalism. Marx and Engels considered the theory of history to be one of Marx's most important theoretical achievements. In a…
The Importance of Others
Marx’s vision of unalienated production is often thought to be subject to decisive objections. This article argues that these objections rely on a misinterpretation of Marx’s position. It provides a new interpretation of Marx’s vision of unalienated production. Unlike another well-known account, it suggests that unalienated production involves realizing oneself through providing others with the goods and services they need for their self-realizat…
Is Marx's Thought on Freedom Contradictory
In The Longing for Total Revolution Bernard Yack argues that Marx’s \nthought is plagued by a recurring contradiction. On the one hand, Marx criticizes his \nidealist predecessors for failing to get beyond the dichotomy between human \nfreedom and natural necessity, and he identifies labour, activity determined by the \nnecessity of having to satisfy material needs, as the primary activity of human \nfreedom. On the other hand, Marx’s account of …
Marx, Communism, and Basic Income
Should Marxists support universal basic income (UBI), i.e., a regular cash income paid to all without a means test or work requirement? This paper considers one important argument that they should, namely that UBI would be instrumentally effective in helping to bring about communism. It argues that previous answers to this question have paid insufficient attention to a logically prior question: what is Marx’s account of communism? In reply, it di…
Should socialists be republicans
This paper presents a critique of left republican writings from a non-republican socialist standpoint. It examines three claims that have been advanced by left republican authors: that workers are dominated 1) by their lack of access to the means of production; 2) by the market; and 3) by their employer. With regard to 1) and 2), it argues that alternative conceptions of freedom can identify the unfreedom in question, and that there are good reas…
Sharing Burdensome Work
In this paper, I defend the proposal that certain forms of work-specifically forms that are socially necessary but involve the imposition of considerable burdens-be shared between citizens. I argue that sharing burdensome work would achieve several goals, including a more equal distribution of the benefits and burdens of work, a greater appreciation of each other's labour contributions, and an amelioration of problematic inequalities of status. I…
What makes communism possible? The self-realisation interpretation
In the Critique of Gotha Programme, Karl Marx famously argues that a communist society will be characterised by the principle, ‘From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs!’ I take up a question about this principle that was originally posed by G.A. Cohen , namely: what makes communism (so conceived) possible for Marx? In reply to this question, Cohen interprets Marx as saying that communism is possible because of limitle…
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