Marx today : selected works and recent debates / edited by John F. Sitton.

"This book provides, in one volume, primary sources by Marx and critical commentary which relates Marxism to contemporary social and political topics. It includes six brief works by Marx and ten articles by scholars sympathetic to but critical of Marxism. For example, the author includes the classic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marx, Karl, 1818-1883
Other Authors: Sitton, John F., 1952-
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Edition:First edition.
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Physical Description:vii, 263 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction * Manifesto of the Communist Party (1848) * "Speech on Free Trade" (1847), with Engels's Introduction of 1888 * "Preface" to A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy (1859) * "Value, Price, and Profit" (1865) * Selection from The Civil War in France (1871) * "Critique of the Gotha Programme" (1875) * Recent Marxian Arguments * "Why Socialism?"--Albert Einstein * "Deconstructing Capitalism as a System"--Fred Block * "The Unhappy Marriage of Marxism and Feminism: Towards a More Progressive Union"--Heidi Hartmann * "Marx and the Environment"--John Bellamy Foster * "Revolutionizing Spirituality: Reflections on Marx and Religion"--John Brentlinger * "Where Do Postmodernists Come From?"--Terry Eagleton.