A Critique of the Conception of Human Nature in Marxian Socialism: Human Nature and Marxism

The objectives of this book are (a)to examine, philosophically, the conception of human nature in Marxian socialism;(b)to draw attention to debates in Marx scholarship on dimensions of human nature;(c)to explain the need for the harmonization of the individual and social dimensions of human nature;(d)to clarify the distinction between Marxian socialism and other varieties of socialism such as Kwame Nkrumah? s socialist theory and Obafemi Awolowo?s theory of democratic socialism;(e)to highlight the theoretical and practical inadequacies as well as prospects of Marxian socialism with a view to promoting its modification and the urge to put it into practice. I recommend the book to students, humanists, social scientists, politicians, public servants and the general public. The author is an aspiring Associate Professor of Social and Political Philosophy whose academic career started in 1987 at Ogun State (now Olabisi Onabanjo) University, Ago Iwoye. He has B. A. (Honours, Second Class Upper Division) from Ogun State University, M. A. and PhD. Philosophy Degrees from University of Lagos, Akoka, Ni