Karl Marx : the burden of reason (why Marx rejected politics and the market) / Allan Megill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Megill, Allan.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883--Philosophy.

Marx, Karl.

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883--Political and social views.

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.

Political and social views.

Philosophy.

Historical materialism.

Dialectical materialism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2002.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why did Karl Marx want to exclude politics and the market from his vision of a future socialism? Allan Megill begins with this question. In answering it, he forces the reader to rethink Marx's entire intellectual project. Karl Marx: The Burden of Reason has important implications for how we think about the usability of Marx's work today. It will be of interest both to those who wish to reflect on the fate of Marxism during the era of Soviet Communism, and to those who wish to discern what is adequate and what requires replacement or supplementation in the work of a figure who, in spite of ever

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Marx's Rationalism: How the Dialectic Came from the History of Philosophy; 2 Why Marx Rejected Politics; 3 Why Marx Rejected Private Property and the Market; 4 The Character and Limits of Marx's Unified Rational History of Humankind; Conclusion: For and Against Marxism; Appendix: A Topically Organized List of Marx's Journalistic Writings of 1842-43; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-351) and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-8181-981-1

979-82-16-25726-4

0-7425-1165-0

1-4616-3847-X

OCLC:

854520918