Objects are studied as social relations, not physical things

Evidence

The basic innovation introduced by the philosophy of praxis into the science of politics and of history is the demonstration that there is no abstract “human nature”, fixed and immutable (a concept which certainly derives from religious and transcendentalist thought), but that human nature is the totality of historically determined social relations, hence an historical fact which can, within certain limits, be ascertained with the methods of philology and criticism. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 617 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Human essence is the ensemble of social relations, not an individual abstraction; Human nature is the totality of historically determined social relations, not a fixed essence. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 617; Social structures are objectivated meanings built through inter-subjective exchange (+4 more)

Related

• Human nature is the ever-changing complex of social relations, not a fixed essence (similarity 0.90)
• Human nature is the totality of historically determined social relations, not a fixed essence. (similarity 0.88)
• Objectivity is historical and exists only in relation to man. (similarity 0.85)
• Humans are constituted by their social relations rather than an intrinsic essence (similarity 0.83)
• Lukacs’s dialectic is historically monist, not dualist between nature and humanity (similarity 0.82)
• Objectivity is constituted in relation to historically situated humanity, not apart from it (similarity 0.81)
• Human essence is the ensemble of social relations, not an individual abstraction (similarity 0.80)
• Defining man as an ensemble of social relations blocks comparison across eras (similarity 0.79)
• Knowledge and objectivity are only knowable in relation to humanity (similarity 0.79)
• The rights declarations replaced historical rights with rights deduced from human nature. (similarity 0.79)
• Social structures are objectivated meanings built through inter-subjective exchange (similarity 0.78)
• Social wholes exceed their components, so social law cannot be physical law (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Human essence is the ensemble of social relations, not an individual abstraction #corroborates (0.90)
• Human nature is the totality of historically determined social relations, not a fixed essence. #corroborates (0.90) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 617
• Social structures are objectivated meanings built through inter-subjective exchange #expands (0.75)