
Marx: A Very Short Introduction
A Very Short Introduction
Peter Singer(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 12. October 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-19-285405-6 (ISBN)
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Description
Peter Singer identifies the central vision that unifies Marx's thought, enabling us to grasp Marx's views as a whole. He 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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Illustrations
halftones
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 114 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
103 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-285405-6 (9780192854056)
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Person
Peter Singer is Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. He is best known for his books Animal Liberation and his other books include Practical Ethics, Rethinking Life and Death, and How are we to Live?.
Content
1. A LIFE AND IT IMPACT; 2. THE YOUNG HEGELIAN; 3. FROM GOD TO MONEY; 4. ENTER THE PROLETARIAT; T. THE FIRST MARXISM; 6. ALIENATION AS A THEORY OF HISTORY; 7. THE GOAL OF HISTORY; 8 ECONOMICS; 9. COMMUNISM; 10. AN ASSESSMENT; NOTE ON SOURCES; FURTHER READING; INDEX
