Marx (Classic Thinkers)
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (545 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1509518185 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 204 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Terrell Carver has done something new, surprising, and very rewarding. Marx emerges as a "punchy writer, formidable thinker and economics-minded gadfly."Jonathan Wolff, University College London. By concentrating on Marx the political activist, rather than Marx the grand figure of intellectual history, Carver allows us to understand the many ways in which Marx’s ideas resonate through contemporary political debates
This clear and innovative book, from one of the leading contemporary experts on Marx’s thought, gives us a fresh overview of his ideas by framing them within concepts that remain topical and alive today, from class struggle and progress to democracy and exploitation. Taking Marx’s work in his pamphleteering, journalism, speeches, correspondence and published books as central to a renewed understanding of the man and his politics, both his life experience and our contemporary political engagements are brought vividly to life. It shows us the many ways that a 19th century thinker has been made into the ‘Marx’ we know today, beginning with his own self-presentations at crucial
. Terrell Carver is Professor of Political Theory at the University of Bristol