Marx (Past masters) - Hardcover

Peter Singer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0192875116 ISBN 13: 9780192875112

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1980

Synopsis

In deze heldere inleiding presenteert Peter Singer de denkbeelden van Karl Marx (1818-1883) als een coherent geheel. Hij beschrijft Marx als een filosoof die primair geïnteresseerd is in de menselijke vrijheid, veeleer dan als een econoom of een socioloog. Singer verklaart begrippen als ‘vervreemding’ en ‘historisch materialisme’, de economische theorie van Het Kapitaal, en Marx’ opvatting van communisme.

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About the Author

Peter Singer is Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University, a position that he now combines with the position of Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne. An Australian, in 2012 he was made a Companion to the Order of Australia, his country's highest civilian honor. His books include Animal Liberation (1975; Bodley Head, 2015), Practical Ethics (1979; CUP, 2011), The Life You Can Save (Picador, 2010), and The Most Good You Can Do (Yale University Press, 2015).

Review

"I always recommend that undergraduates should read Singer's book to get an overview. I find it a very useful introduction: succinct and sophisticated."- Professor Diana Coole, University of California, Irvine

"[An] excellent brief presentation of Marx and his teachings, written with clarity and conciseness; up-to-date in its sources, dispassionate in its approach to [Marx] and balanced in its assessment."- Peter McConville, University of San Francisco

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192875116
• ISBN 13: 9780192875112
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 82