The Portable Karl Marx (Portable Library)

Marx, Karl

ISBN 10: 014015096X / ISBN 13: 9780140150964

Published by Penguin Classics, 1983

About this Item

Presents an overview of the life and thoughts of Karl Marx. This book weaves together Marx's published works and letters into a tapestry of history and ideas. It also features tidbits from Marx's hand that help you understand the man and the history of his ideology, including his predictions on the fates of France and Russia. Num Pages: 720 pages, index. BIC Classification: JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 468. . 1983. Later Printing. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Portable Karl Marx (Portable Library)
• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 014015096X
• ISBN 13: 9780140150964
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

A collection of essential writings from the influential German philosopher

This ideal introduction to the work of Karl Marx represents his most important writings, including the "Theses on Feuerbach"; the complete Communist Manifesto; and substantial selections from "On the Jewish Question," the "Economic-Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844," The German Ideology, Grundrisse, Capital, and The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, among others.

In addition, documents, letters, and reminiscences offer a portrait of Marx the man—as student, husband, father, enemy, and friend. As Eugene Kamenka writes in his introduction, "This volume, perhaps more so than other Marx anthologies, attempts to present the man with his individual scars, to provide the material for an understanding of Marx himself." Kamenka also includes a chronology of Marx's life and work, a reader's guide to special terms, and an explanatory index.

About the Author

Karl Mark (1818–1883) was a philosopher, social scientist, historian, and revolutionary. He is without a doubt the most influential socialist thinker to emerge in the nineteenth century. Although he was largely ignored by scholars in his own lifetime, his social, economic, and political ideas gained rapid acceptance in the socialist movement after his death. In Paris, Marx developed his lifelong partnership with Friedrich Engels (1820–1895).

Eugene Kamenka was a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Singapore and head of the History of Ideas Unit at the Institute of Advanced Studies of the Australian National University. His works include Marxism and Ethics, A World in Revolution?, The Philosophy of Ludwig Feuerbach, Nationalism: The Nature and Evolution of an Idea, The Portable Karl Marx, and Bureaucracy. He died in 1994.