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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Evolution of the Concept -- 3 Theories of Solidarity -- 4 Radical Humanism -- 5 Social Division and Reconciliation -- 6 Culture -- 7 The Politics of Global Solidarity -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- Index

More and his masterpiece -- Reason, faith and discovery : the context of Utopia -- Politics -- Economics -- Social relations -- Law, war and religion -- The achievement of Utopia -- Epilogue

Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Principal Events in the Life of Erich Fromm -- 1. Introduction: The Quest -- 2. Freedom Lost -- 3. Humanistic Ethics -- 4. Toward a Gendered Humanism -- 5. Work -- 6. Consumption -- 7. Democracy -- 8. One World -- 9. Conclusion: Radical Humanism and Human Solidarity -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index.

James Larkin is a revered figure in Irish history, remarkably so in view of his associations with revolutionary syndicalism and communism. Among the contributions to the creation of the myth of 'Big Jim', James Plunkett's novel Strumpet City takes pride of place. The book's treatment of Larkin is examined here as an outstanding example of Gramsci's call for the emergence of a popular culture that challenges the hegemony of the ruling classes. By getting into the desperate lives of the Dublin poor in the bitter industrial struggles prior to the First World War, Plunkett affirms the Gramscian idea of developing a new way of conceiving the world by presenting Larkin as the mythical embodiment of social justice and solidarity. Although the events are now in the distant past, images developed with the great affective power of this novel may jolt modern readers to a greater awareness of present-day global struggles.

Marx's disdain for moral discourse is well known, and it is therefore hardly surprising that he barely rates a mention in the global justice debate that has developed apace over the last two decades. However, it is questionable that the debate, addressing as it does systemic inequalities in power, should simply ignore Marx's analysis of exploitation in capitalism and its implicit ethical grounding in the alienation thesis. Conventional Marxist positions can be critical of liberal arguments about justice, but offer no alternative within moral discourse. However, if the ethical significance of Marx's social theory is admitted, it could produce a radical and constructive contribution to global justice. This paper argues for such an engagement on two grounds. First, that Marx's hostility to moral discourse was a tactical choice rather than a rejection of morality as such, and that this choice is no longer justifiable. Second, there is an ethics explicit in his early writings and implicit in his mature political economy that could be developed to produce an ethics of self-realisation. The point of access to existing debates in global justice is the work of Martha Nussbaum, one of the few contributors to make use of Marx's philosophical views on human flourishing. A Marxist perspective could give qualified support to her capabilities approach, as applied to global justice in Frontiers of Justice (2006), while clarifying its limitations in not dealing with the realities of global economic power.