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Dr Tristan Bradshaw (University of Wollongong) Aristotle and Marx: Configuring the History of the Human Animal, In and Out of Capitalism History and science make strange bedfellows. Or at least that's the view of Aristotle. And yet Marx-in one of his most famous texts-not only invokes science in the name of history, but on this basis turns to Aristotle to begin his first published analysis of capital. In this lecture, I try to account for this unlikely alliance. I suggest that there is exactly one place in Aristotle's vast corpus where he attempts a kind of 'scientific history', and that is his account of the human animal as a political animal in Politics. My reading of this famous part of Aristotle, which is admittedly unorthodox, is motivated by what I see as several persistent misinterpretations. I will attempt to correct the record and, in doing so, see how Marx's use of Aristotle evinces his critical approach to antiquity as well as capitalism. The Agora Speaker Series is proudly hosted by The School of Liberal Arts Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities University of Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia SOLA Enquiries sola-enquir...@uow.edu.au<mailto:sola-enquir...@uow.edu.au> T +61 2 4221 4160 Sally Cole School Administrative Assistant School of Liberal Arts Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities University of Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia T +61 2 4298 1552 Work Days: Monday to Thursday - 9am to 3pm uow.edu.au | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/UOW> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/uow> | Instagram<http://instagram.com/uow> | LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/edu/school?id=10255> [pmc_strategic_marketing_and_communications$:MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS:SMC PROJECTS:LIVE:SMC UOW Rebrand 2016:1.0 Brand development:1.01 UOW Brand guidelines and assets:Logos:Primary:RGB:jpeg:UOW_Primary_RGB_Dark Blue.jpg]
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