Why read Marx today? /

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Author / Creator:Wolff, Jonathan.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Description:1 online resource (viii, 136 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11127666
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ISBN:0585486131
9780585486130
0192803352
9780192803351
9780192805058
0192805053
0191622311
9780191622311
0192805053
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-129) and index.
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Summary:The fall of the Berlin Wall had enormous symbolic resonance, marking the collapse of Marxist politics and economics. Indeed, Marxist regimes have failed miserably, and with them, it seems, all reason to take the writings of Karl Marx seriously. Jonathan Wolff argues that if we detach Marx the critic of current society from Marx the prophet of some never-to-be-realized worker's paradise, he remains the most impressive critic we have of liberal, capitalist, bourgeois society. The author shows how Marx's main ideas still shed light on wider concerns about culture and society and he guides the reader through Marx's notoriously difficult writings. Wolff also argues that the value of a great thinker does not depend on his or her views being true, but on other features such as originality, insight, and systematic vision. From this perspective, Marx still richly deserves to be read. Why Read Marx Today? reinstates Marx as an important critic of current society, and not just a figure of historical interest.
Other form:Print version: Wolff, Jonathan. Why read Marx today?. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003 0192803352
Standard no.:9780192803351
Publisher's no.:9786610752898