Une analyse marxiste des corps ?
Stéphane Haber
Emmanuel Renault
In various ways, Marx ascribes a central role to the body in his theoretical and political system. In both
his philosophy of praxis and his critique of political economy, the body is presented as a site of forces and
needs. This enables Marx to provide a naturalist ground for the dynamics of praxis. It also enables him to
define a critical perspective in terms of the effects registered in the body of a structure of domination and
exploitation. The aim of the article is to present these themes and to discuss their subsequent treatment
by authors such as Merleau-Ponty, Bourdieu and Foucault, while reflecting on the way recent transformations of capitalism have led to their reformulation and to the emergence of two new critical tropes: the
body as commodity and as an ideology.
• CORPS ET ACTION
• CORPS ET EXPLOITATION
• CORPS MARCHANDISÉS, RÉPRIMÉS ET DISCIPLINÉS