Why read Marx today? / Jonathan Wolff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolff, Jonathan, 1959- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.

Marx, Karl.

Communism.

Socialism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 136 p. )

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text argues that we can detach Marx the critic of current society from Marx the prophet of future society, and that he remains the most impressive critic we have of liberal, capitalist, bourgeois society.

Contents:

Introduction : Marx's life and works ; The plan of this book

1. Early writings : Introduction ; Religion ; The philosophy of historical materialism ; Labour and alienation ; Money and credit ; Liberalism ; Emancipation ; Conclusion

2. Class, history, and capital : Class ; History ; The economics of capitalism ; The transition to communism ; The nature of communism

3. Assessment : Introduction ; Early writings ; Theory of history ; Economics ; Communism ; Human nature ; Conclusion.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-00260-6

0-585-48613-1

OCLC:

1406783813