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Agency and Ethics, Past and Present

Agency and Ethics, Past and Present <jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Chris Wickham’s work appears to be motivated by an implicit ethic of ‘protagonism’ or <jats:italic>praxis</jats:italic>. This essay attempts to explicate that ethic. It argues that his work indicates why and how historical materialism, having abandoned historical teleology, should be combined with a teleological ethics.*</jats:p> </jats:sec> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Historical Materialism Brill

Agency and Ethics, Past and Present

Historical Materialism , Volume 19 (1): 145 – Jan 1, 2011

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 2011 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1465-4466
eISSN
1569-206X
DOI
10.1163/156920611X564699
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Abstract

<jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Chris Wickham’s work appears to be motivated by an implicit ethic of ‘protagonism’ or <jats:italic>praxis</jats:italic>. This essay attempts to explicate that ethic. It argues that his work indicates why and how historical materialism, having abandoned historical teleology, should be combined with a teleological ethics.*</jats:p> </jats:sec>

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Historical MaterialismBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2011

Keywords: peasantry; Alasdair MacIntyre; ethics; Chris Wickham; teleology; practices

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