Description: Further DetailsTitle: Making Sense of MarxCondition: NewEAN: 9780521297059ISBN: 9780521297059Publisher: Cambridge University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/09/1985Description: A systematic, critical examination of Karl Marx's social theories and their philosophical presuppositions. Through extensive discussions of the texts Jon Elster offers a balanced and detailed account of Marx's views that is at once sympathetic, undogmatic and rigorous. Equally importantly he tries to assess 'what is living and what is dead in the philosophy of Marx', using the analytical resources of contemporary social science and philosophy. Professor Elster insists on the need for microfoundations in social science and provides a systematic criticism of functionalism and teleological thinking in Marx. He argues that Marx's economic theories are largely wrong or irrelevant; historical materialism is seen to have only limited plausibility (and is not even consistently applied by Marx); Marx's most lasting achievements are the criticism of capitalism in terms of alienation and exploitation and the theory of class struggle, politics and ideology under capitalism, though in these areas too Elster enters substantial qualifications. The book should take its place as the most comprehensive and sophisticated modern study available.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 231mmItem Length: 157mmItem Width: 36mmItem Weight: 860gAuthor: Jon ElsterGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityBook Series: Studies in Marxism and Social TheoryRelease Year: 1985 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Making Sense of Marx
Title: Making Sense of Marx
EAN: 9780521297059
ISBN: 9780521297059
Release Date: 05/09/1985
Release Year: 1985
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Number of Pages: 576 Pages
Publication Name: Making Sense of Marx
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 1985
Subject: Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, History & Theory, Political
Item Height: 1.4 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 30.5 Oz
Author: Jon Elster
Subject Area: Political Science, Philosophy
Item Length: 9.1 in
Series: Studies in Marxism and Social Theory Ser.
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
