Marx and Marxism
A Pelican Book
Gregory Claeys
An illuminating history of Marx's thought and intellectual influence from a leading historian of socialism.
Why was Marx
so successful as a thinker? Did he have a system and if so, what does it
consist of? How did Marxism develop in the twentieth century and what does it
mean today?
Karl Marx
remains the most influential and controversial political thinker in history.
The movements associated with his name have lent hope to many victims of
tyranny and aggression but have also proven disastrous in practice and resulted
in the unnecessary deaths of millions. If after the collapse of the Soviet
Union his reputation seemed utterly eclipsed, a new generation is reading and
discovering Marx in the wake of the recurrent financial crises, growing social
inequality and an increasing sense of the injustice and destructiveness of
capitalism. Both his critique of capitalism and his vision of the future speak
across the centuries to our times, even if the questions he poses are more
difficult to answer than ever.
In this
wide-ranging account, Gregory Claeys, one of Britain's leading historians of
socialism, considers Marx's ideas and their development through the Russian
Revolution to the present, showing why Marx and Marxism still matter today.
| Proizvod je dostupan: | DA |
| Izdavač: | Pelican |
| ISBN: | 9780141983486 |
| Godina izdanja: | 2018 |
| Broj stranica: | 544 |
| Težina: | 294 |
| Tip uveza: | Paperback |