Marx: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) [2nd ed.] 9780192554321, 0198821077, 9780198821076

Karl Marx is one of the most influential philosophers of all time, whose theories have shaped and directed political, ec

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Marx: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) [2nd ed.]
 9780192554321,  0198821077,  9780198821076

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  • First published 1980 as an Oxford University Press paperback

Table of contents :
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of illustrations
Abbreviations
1 A life and its legacy
2 The young Hegelian
3 From God to money
4 Enter the proletariat
5 The first Marxism
6 The development of the materialist theory of history
7 The goal of history
8 Economics
9 Communism and revolution
10 Was Marx right?
11 Is Marx still relevant?
Note on sources
Further reading
Index

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