The philosophy of Marx
By: Étienne Balibar ; translated by Chris Turner
Contributors: Turner, Chris, 1953- translator
Publisher: Verso Books
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 139
ISBN-13: 9781781681534
Subjects: Communism and philosophy; Marxist Philosophy
Description: "The only guide to Marx that the student and scholar will need. Providing a lucid and accessible introduction to Marx, complete with pedagogical boxes, a chronology and guides to further reading, Etienne Balibar makes the most difficult areas of his philosophy easy to understand. One of the most influential French philosophers to have emerged from the 1960s, Balibar brings a lifetime of study and expertise to create a brilliantly concise portrait of Marx that will initiate the student and intrigue the scholar. He examines all the key areas of Marx's writings, including his early works, The Communist Manifesto, The German Ideology and Capital, explaining their wider historical and theoretical context. Making clear such concepts as class struggle, ideology, humanism, progress, determinism, commodity fetishism and the state, Balibar includes brief yet incisive biographical studies of key Marxists such as Althusser, Gramsci, Engels and Lenin. The Philosophy of Marx will become the standard guide to Marx's thought."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Originally published: 1995.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 132-139).

Translated from the French.