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Transcending Capitalism: Insights from Buddhism and Marxism

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The Concept of Personhood in Buddhism and Marxism

Buddhism arose as a reaction against the views of Hinduism fifth century BCE and atman was the kind of potential self that the Hindus believed in. Both deny the existence for self a soul or whatever okay so what then is a person? They both have this view that people are essentially a bunch of changing evolving if you like organisms Marx tells us much more about the social impact of change on persons than Buddhism does but Buddhism tells you more about the subjective factors of change, he says.

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