Karl Marx : philosophy and revolution / Shlomo Avineri.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Avineri, Shlomo, 1933-2023, author.

Series:

Jewish lives (New Haven, Conn.)

Jewish lives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.

Marx, Karl.

Jews--Germany--Biography.

Jews.

Germany.

Communists--Germany--Biography.

Communists.

Philosophers--Germany--Biography.

Philosophers.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xi, 217 pages : portrait ; 22 cm.

Other Title:

Philosophy and revolution

Place of Publication:

[New Haven, Connecticut] : Yale University Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Karl Marx (1818-1883)--philosopher, historian, sociologist, economist, current affairs journalist, and editor--was one of the most influential and revolutionary thinkers of modern history, but he is rarely thought of as a Jewish thinker, and his Jewish background is either overlooked or misrepresented. Here, distinguished scholar Shlomo Avineri argues that Marx's Jewish origins did leave a significant impression on his work. Marx was born in Trier, then part of Prussia, and his family had enjoyed equal rights and emancipation under earlier French control of the area. But then its annexation to Prussia deprived the Jewish population of its equal rights. These developments led to the reluctant conversion of Marx's father, and similar tribulations radicalized many young intellectuals of that time who came from a Jewish background. Avineri puts Marx's Jewish background in its proper and balanced perspective, and traces Marx's intellectual development in light of the historical, intellectual, and political contexts in which he lived."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Jew? Of Jewish Origin? A Converted Jew?

Transcending Hegel

"Zur Judenfrage"

Paris and Brussels: Formative Years

The Communist Manifesto and the Revolutions of 1848

London: From Abject Penury to Middle-Class Existence

The First International and Das Kapital

The Paris Commune and the Gotha Program: Debacle and Hope

Toward the Sunset

A Historical Perspective: Impact and Legacy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-202) and index.

National Jewish Book Awards - Jewish Book of the Year, Winner, 2014 (for Jewish Lives series)

ISBN:

9780300211702

0300211708

OCLC:

1089573903