Writings on MacInyre

Alasdair MacIntyre as a Marxist and as a critic of Marxism

In his 1995 introduction to Marxism and Christianity, Alasdair MacIntyre claimed that Marxism ‘is the only secular post-enlightenment doctrine to have’ a metaphysical and moral scope comparable to that of Christianity. This was not meant as a mere academic point, for Marxism: An Interpretation …. Read more here.

Freedom, Desire and Revolution: Alasdair MacIntyre’s Early Marxist Ethics.

In this paper I examine the pre-history of Alasdair MacIntyre’s contemporary moral philosophy. In the 1950s and 1960s MacIntyre was a leading member of the British New Left, from whence he gravitated towards a form of heterodox Trotskyism …Read more here.

Utopias: Future, Present and Concrete in Alasdair MacIntyre and C. L. R. James

Alasdair MacIntyre’s Ethics in the Conflict of Modernity caps a long engagement with Marx and Marxism. In this most recent engagement, MacIntyre provides a narrative of the life of C. L. R. James….Read more here.