

The Marxian vision of a (better) possible future
end of a grand illusion?
pp. 441-461
in: Carol C. Gould, Robert S. Cohen (eds), Artifacts, representations and social practice, Berlin, Springer, 1994Abstract
What do we mean by "illusion"? Complementarily, what is disillusionment? Like Augustine concerning time, many of us may believe that we know the answers to these questions - until we start examining them more carefully. Then we become aware that the belief itself was illusory.