The Meaning of Karl Marx

by Bruce Mazlish

Book Overview

Why is Marxism the major secular religion of our day? This provocative book seeks to answer that question by examining the complex interrelationship of Karl Marx's life and writings. Mazlish traces the evolution of Marx's ideology in the context of the 19th century and the industrial revolution, looking closely at Marx's early poems and essays as well as his relations with his father and family and his early philosophical, economic, and revolutionary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195047834
• ISBN13: 9780195047837
• Release Date: July 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.3"