Lucien Sève: the life path of a Marxist philosopher

Abstract

On March 23, 2020, the world-famous French psychologist and Marxist philosopher Lucien Sève died at the age of 94 from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This review article briefly describes the life of L. Sève and examines his contribution to the theoretical development of Marxist philosophy, psychology, anthropology, bioethics, sociology and political science. The author shows that in his well-known theory of personality under the personality Sève understands a specific individual in his organic and dialectical unity with those biographical, interpersonal and socio-historical processes and relations in the system of which he exists, and through which he is connected with the world. In this regard the fundamental methodological significance of biography for Marxist social psychology is established. It shows the key role of Lucien Sava in organizing a Large edition of the works of Marx and Engels (GEME - Grande Édition de Marx et d'engels) - the project of publishing all the works of Karl Marx and Fredric Engels.

Keywords

• lucien sève
• humanistic marxism
• marxist theory of personality
• biographical method
• grande édition de marx et d’engels.