Joseph McCarney
1941-2007
Guardian Obituary
Radical Philosophy Obituary
Joseph McCarney taught philosophy at South Bank University. He wrote three books: The Real World of Ideology (Harvester, 1980); Social Theory and the Crisis of Marxism (Verso,1990); Hegel on History (Routledge, 2000). The first two of these are presented here. He also wrote numerous articles of which two are presented here.
At the time of his death his main intellectual interest was the Hegel-Marx relationship. He believed that although a very great deal has been written on this subject we are still far from having any secure understanding of it and it represents a most fertile field for inquiry.
Books
| 1980 | 'The Real World of Ideology | The Harvester Press |
| 1990 | Social Theory and the Crisis of Marxism | Verso |
| 2000 | Hegel on History | Routledge |
Articles
| 1976 | The Theory of Ideology: Some Comments on Mepham. | Radical Philosophy 13 |
| 1979 | The Trouble with Contradictions | Radical Philosophy 23 |
| 1982 | Edifying Discourses | Radical Philosophy 32 |
| 1991 | The true realm of freedom: Marxist philosophy after communism | New Left Review I/189 |
| 1992 | Marx and justice again | New Left Review I/195 |
| 1992 | Shaping Ends: Reflections on Fukuyama | Radical Philosophy 62 |
| 1999 | Hegel’s legacy | Res Publica 5(2), reprinted in T. Burns and I. Fraser (eds) The Hegel-Marx Connection, 2000 |
| 2002 | Philosophy after 11 September: Must there be progress? | The Philosophers Magazine Winter 2002 |
| 2005 | Ideology and False Consciousness | Marx Myths and Legends (www.marxmyths.org) |
| 2009 | ‘“The entire mystery”: Marx’s understanding of Hegel’ | in A. Chitty and M. McIvor (eds) Karl Marx and Contemporary Philosopy, |