Marx : a very short introduction / Peter Singer.
Material type: TextSeries: Brief insightPublication details: New York : Sterling, c2009.Description: ix, 150 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cmISBN:- 1402768885
- 9781402768880
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | NonFiction | 335.4092 S617 | Available | 33111006064741 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Peter Singer identifies the central vision that unifies Marx's thought, enabling us to grasp Marx's views as a whole. Singer sees him as a philosopher primarily concerned with human freedom, rather than as an economist or a social scientist. He explains alienation, historical materialism, the economic theory of Capital , and Marx's ideas of communism in plain English, and concludes with an assessment of Marx's legacy.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-142) and index.
A life and its impact -- The young Hegelian -- From god to money -- Enter the proletariat -- The first Marxism -- Alienation as a theory of history -- The goal of history -- Economics -- Communism -- An assessment.
Peter Singer identifies the central vision that unifies Marx's thought, enabling us to grasp Marx's views as a whole. Singer sees him as a philosopher primarily concerned with human freedom, rather than as an economist or a social scientist. He explains alienation, historical materialism, the economic theory of "Capital," and Marx's ideas of communism in plain English, and concludes with an assessment of Marx's legacy.