Marx's dream : from capitalism to communism / Tom Rockmore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rockmore, Tom, 1942- author.

Series:

Chicago scholarship online.

Chicago scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.

Marx, Karl.

Philosophy, Modern--19th century.

Philosophy, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 285 pages)

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Ill ; London, England : University of Chicago Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Two centuries after his birth, Karl Marx is read almost solely through the lens of Marxism, his works examined for how they fit into the doctrine that was developed from them after his death. With Marx's Dream, Tom Rockmore offers a much-needed alternative view, distinguishing rigorously between Marx and Marxism. Rockmore breaks with the Marxist view of Marx in three key ways. First, he shows that the concern with the relation of theory to practice-reflected in Marx's famous claim that philosophers only interpret the world, while the point is to change it-arose as early as Socrates, and has been central to philosophy in its best moments. Second, he seeks to free Marx from his unsolicited Marxist embrace in order to consider his theory on its own merits. And, crucially, Rockmore relies on the normal standards of philosophical debate, without the special pleading to which Marxist accounts too often resort. Marx's failures as a thinker, Rockmore shows, lie less in his diagnosis of industrial capitalism's problems than in the suggested remedies, which are often unsound. ​ Only a philosopher of Rockmore's stature could tackle a project this substantial, and the results are remarkable: a fresh Marx, unencumbered by doctrine and full of insights that remain salient today.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Part One. On Marx's Theory of Practice

Part Two. Marx and Marxism on Materialism, Feuerbach, and Hegel

Part Three. On the Practice of Marx's Theory, or the Transition from Capitalism to Communism

Conclusion: Marx's Dream

Notes

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780226554662

022655466X

OCLC:

1035947731