▁ ▁C ohen ▁describes ▁what ▁he ▁sees ▁as ▁the ▁orig ins ▁of ▁Marx ' s ▁alleg ed ▁neglect : ▁' In ▁his ▁anti - H eg elian , ▁Feuer bach ian ▁aff irm ation ▁of ▁the ▁radical ▁object ivity ▁of ▁matter , ▁Marx ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁relationship ▁of ▁the ▁subject ▁to ▁an ▁object ▁which ▁is ▁in ▁no ▁way ▁subject , ▁and , ▁as ▁time ▁went ▁on , ▁he ▁came ▁to ▁neglect ▁the ▁subject ' s ▁relationship ▁to ▁itself , ▁and ▁that ▁aspect ▁of ▁the ▁subject ' s ▁relationship ▁to ▁others ▁which ▁is ▁a ▁medi ated ▁( that ▁is , ▁indirect ), ▁form ▁of ▁relationship ▁to ▁itself ' ▁( p .   1 5 5 ). ▁ ▁C ohen ▁bel ieves ▁that ▁people ▁are ▁driven , ▁typically , ▁not ▁to ▁create ▁identity , ▁but ▁to ▁preserve ▁that ▁which ▁they ▁have ▁in ▁virtue , ▁for ▁example , ▁of ▁' n ational ity , ▁or ▁race , ▁or ▁religion , ▁or ▁some ▁slice ▁or ▁am alg am ▁there of ' ▁( pp .   1 5 6 – 1 5 9 ). ▁ ▁C ohen ▁does ▁not ▁claim ▁that ▁' Mar x ▁denied ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁need ▁for ▁self - definition , ▁but ▁[ inst ead ▁claims ▁that ] ▁he ▁failed ▁to ▁give ▁the ▁truth ▁due ▁emphas is ' ▁( p .   1 5 5 ). ▁ ▁Nor ▁does ▁C ohen ▁say ▁that ▁the ▁sort ▁of ▁self - under standing ▁that ▁can ▁be ▁found ▁through ▁religion ▁etc . ▁is ▁accurate ▁( p .  