Why Read Marx Today?

Name: Why Read Marx Today?
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ISBN: 9780192805058

ISBN-10: 0192805053

ISBN-13: 9780192805058

Edition: 2003

Authors: Jonathan Wolff

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The fall of the Berlin Wall had enormous symbolic resonance, marking the collapse of Marxist politics and economics. Indeed, Marxist regimes have failed miserably, and with them, it seems, all reason to take the writings of Karl Marx seriously. Jonathan Wolff argues that if we detach Marx the critic of current society from Marx the prophet of some never-to-be-realized worker's paradise, he remains the most impressive critic we have of liberal, capitalist, bourgeois society. The author shows how Marx's main ideas still shed light on wider concerns about culture and society and he guides the reader through Marx's notoriously difficult writings. Wolff also argues that the value of a great…

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List price: $20.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/30/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English

Jonathan Wolff is a professor of philosophy and the director of the Centre for Philosophy, Justice and Health at university College London. He wrote a regular column for The Guardian in London, where he resides.



Introduction


Marx's Life and Works


The Plan of this Book



Early Writings Introduction


Religion


The Philosophy of Historical Materialism


Labour and Alienation


Money and Credit


Liberalism


Emancipation



Class, History, and Capital Class


History


The Economics of Capitalism


The Transition to Communism


The Nature of Communism



Assessment Introduction


Early Writings


Theory of History


Economics


Communism


Human Nature


Conclusion


Guide to References and Further Reading