Alienation: Marx's Conception of Man in a Capitalist Society (Cambridge Studies in the History and Theory of Politics) - Softcover

Ollman, Bertell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052129083X ISBN 13: 9780521290838

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1977

Synopsis

In this book, the most thorough account of Marx's theory of alienation yet to have appeared in English, Professor Ollman reconstructs the theory from its constituent parts and offers it as a vantage point from which to view the rest of Marxism. The book further contains a detailed examination of Marx's philosophy of internal relations, the much neglected logical foudation of his method, and provides a systematic account of Marx's conception of human nature. Because of its almost unique concern with helping readers understand Marx's unusual use of language, Alienation has proven very popular in university courses on Marxism on both undergraduate and graduate levels. The first edition was widely reviewed, and in this new edition Professor Ollman replies to his critics in 'More on internal relations,' published here as Appendix II. In addition to this new appendix the author now provides a more systematic discussion of Marx's theory of ideology, elements of which were formerly dispersed throughout the book. He also attempts to set the treatment of political alienation within the broader framework of Marx's theory of the state as a model of how an approach based on internal relations can be used to integrate various apparently contradictory interpretations of Marx's views.

About this title

Book Description:

Revised throughout with an entirely new chapter, "In Defense of Internal Relations," and with replies to critical comments on the 1st edition, which the N.Y. Review of Books called "a remarkable book...brilliant and illuminating."

About the Author:

Jonathan Birnbaum is the editor of "Racial Profiling" (forthcoming) and the co-editor of "Civil Rights Since 1787: A Reader on the Black Struggle" (also available from NYU Press). His work has appeared in the "Guardian, " "New Politics, Socialism and Democracy, New Political Science, " and other publications.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 052129083X
• ISBN 13: 9780521290838
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 360