Marx for Today

Marcello Musto

ISBN 10: 0415503590 / ISBN 13: 9780415503594

Published by Routledge, 2012

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Pronounced dead at the end of the 20th century, Marx has suddenly reappeared on the stage of history. This book explains why Marx's thought is still pertinent and useful for a critical understanding of today's world.This book was originally published as a special issue of Socialism and Democracy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Marx for Today
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415503590
• ISBN 13: 9780415503594
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 240W x 161H x 18D millimeters 240 millimeters width by 161 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 552 grams

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Synopsis

Since the onset of global crisis in recent years, academics and economic theorists from various political and cultural backgrounds have been drawn to Marx's analysis of the inherent instability of capitalism. The rediscovery of Marx is based on his continuing capacity to explain the present. In the context of what some commentators have described as a "Marx renaissance", the aim of this book is to make a close study of Marx's principal writings in relation to the major problems of our own society, and to show why and how some of his theories constitute a precious tool for the understanding and critique of the world in the early twenty-first century.

The book brings together varied reflections on the Marxian oeuvre, drawing on different perspectives and fields, and argues its case in two different parts. The first will encompass such diverse areas and themes as political thought, economics, nationalism, ethnicity, post-capitalist society, freedom, democracy, emancipation, and alienation, showing in each case how Marx has still today an invaluable contribution to make. The second presents a complete and rigorous account of the dissemination and the reception of Marx’s work throughout the world in the last decade. Both parts make a significant contribution to the current research on Marx and Marxisms.

This book was originally published as a special issue of Socialism and Democracy.

About the Author

Marcello Musto teaches at the Department of Political Science of York University (Toronto, Canada) and is the editor of Karl Marx’s Grundrisse: Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy 150 Years Later (Routledge, 2008).