Karl Marx: The Burden of Reason (Why Marx Rejected Politics and the Market)

by Allan Megill

Book Overview

Why did Karl Marx want to exclude politics and the market from his vision of a future socialism? Allan Megill begins with this question. In answering it, he forces the reader to rethink Marx's entire intellectual project. Karl Marx: The Burden of Reason has important implications for how we think about the usability of Marx's work today. It will be of interest both to those who wish to reflect on the fate of Marxism during the era of Soviet Communism,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742511669
• ISBN13: 9780742511668
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"