Vincent Barnett (UK University of Birmingham)

Marx

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A biography of Karl Marx that tells about his everyday life and personal circumstances as well as his political ideology. It tells the life story of a man of ideas, showing how his political and economic thought developed alongside his life and practical work.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Historical Biographies
• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: RU43914
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 129mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 266g
• ISBN-13: 9780415435925
• ISBN-10: 0415435927
• Artikelnr.: 25612008

Autorenporträt

Vincent Barnett has been a research fellow on a wide variety of History, Russian Studies and Economics projects at various UK universities. His publications include A History of Russian Economic Thought (2005), The Revolutionary Russian Economy, 1890-1940 (2004) and Kondratiev and the Dynamics of Economic Development (1998).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Chronology Introduction 1 Ruled by a Demon 2 Early Writings 3 The Spectre of Communism 4 Political Writings, 1848-52 5 The Whole Economic Muck 6 Outlines of a Critique of Political Economy 7 An Immense Accumulation of Research 8 Volume One of Capital 9 The Tantalizing Model of Paris 10 The Circulation of Capital 11 And Now Russia! 12 Very Late Marx Conclusion Further Reading

Rezensionen

'[a] concise and reliable introduction to Marx's thought...Barnett organizes his book into pairs of chapters: the first of each pair deals with Marx's life and practical work; the second with his political thought. This structure is useful in conveying to readers how Marx's ideas were constantly evolving.' - The Financial Times

'For those wanting an introduction to Karl Marx and his economics writings the book provides an excellent, clear and accessible introduction.' - Gidon Cohen, Durham University, UK

'It successfully shows how Marx could be so influential in his time and more so after his death...it does justice to the immense contribution by a foremost theoretician of social sciences' - Critique

'[a] concise and reliable introduction to Marx's thought...Barnett organizes his book into pairs of chapters: the first of each pair deals with Marx's life and practical work; the second with his political thought. This structure is useful in conveying to readers how Marx's ideas were constantly evolving.' - The Financial Times

'For those wanting an introduction to Karl Marx and his economics writings the book provides an excellent, clear and accessible introduction.' - Gidon Cohen, Durham University, UK

'It successfully shows how Marx could be so influential in his time and more so after his death...it does justice to the immense contribution by a foremost theoretician of social sciences' - Critique