The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx, 9781608461387
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An accessible, enlightening, and compelling introduction to Karl Marx’s ideas, with an emphasis on their enduring relevance.

The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx

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    210 pages

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    9 April 2012

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Summary

Few thinkers have been declared irrelevant and out of date with such frequency as Karl Marx. Hardly a decade since his death has gone by in which establishment critics have not announced the death of his theory. Whole forests have been felled to produce the paper necessary to fuel this effort to marginalize the coauthor of The Communist Manifesto.And yet, despite their best efforts to bury him again and again, Marx’s specter continues to haunt his detractors more than a century after his p…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781608461387
ISBN-10:1608461386
Author:Alex Callinicos
Publisher:Haymarket Books
Imprint:Haymarket Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:210
Release Date:9 April 2012
Weight:297g
Dimensions:215mm x 139mm
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Callinicos distinguishes himself from the majority of recent writers by his highly developed awareness of the historical and political context of philosophical enquiry.”

“Callinicos distinguishes himself from the majority of recent writers by his highly developed awareness of the historical and political context of philosophical enquiry.”—Times Literary Review“Callinicos distinguishes himself from the majority of recent writers by his highly developed awareness of the historical and political context of philosophical enquiry.”—Times Literary Review

About The Author

Alex Callinicos

Alex Callinicos is professor of European Studies at King’s College London. He has written widely about Marxism and social theory. His most recent books are Social Theory (1999), Equality (2000), Imperialism and Global Political Economy (2009), and Bonfire of Illusions

(2010), all published by Polity. He is editor of the journal International Socialism.

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