This volume contains a selection of Karl Marx's most important writings, organized thematically under eight headings: methodology, alienation, economics, exploitation, historical materialism, classes, politics, and ideology. Jon Elster provides a brief introduction to each selection to explain its context and its place in Marx's argument. The volume is designed as a companion to Elster's An Introduction to Karl Marx and the thematic structure of each book is the same. But the Reader can also stand on its own and offers the student a substantial and revealingly organized selection of the crucial texts needed to understand and assess Marx's views.
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Includes significant selections from Marx's works, organized around the major themes of his thought. Although designed as a companion volume to the author's An Introduction to Karl Marx, the study independently presents in a concise format all crucial texts needed to understand the theorist's views.
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Classic, hard to understand Marx,
By Charles (Sonoma State University, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Karl Marx: A Reader (Paperback)
While it is true that Marx may be one of the harder theorists to understand, this book didn't really give me a better understanding of anything. If you want a good amount of straight Marx text, this is the book for you. If you want to understand Marx and learn about his work, I suggest looking into the introductory texts of George Ritzer. He does a MUCH better job a getting Marx across to the reader than anything in this book.
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They complement each other...,
By Pine Waver ((West) USA) - See all my reviews
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In reference to Charles' review, I've read both this book and Ritzer's words on Marx. Charles is definitely correct that Ritzer is easier to understand than the Elster edit, but I think the two complement each other.
19th century German academic translations aren't going to be an easy read, however, what Marx said is essentially here. I wouldn't do as I did and try to read the whole text straight though, but it's an excellent text for linking Marx's words to the specific topics he addresses. The four stars is based on what the text is supposed to be, which is certainly not a contemporary synopsis of Marx's work.
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Marx did not leave any major methodological statements, comparable, for instance, to the philosophical part of Engel's Anti-Duhring. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
democratic petty bourgeois, finance aristocracy, undiminished proceeds, total social capital, estranged labour, faux frais, objectified labour, unproductive labourers, communal constitution, ager publicus, vulgar economists, bourgeois production, simple circulation, real subsumption, constant capital, living labour, alienated labour, bourgeois democrats, private proprietor, private labour, variable capital, modern bourgeois society, inorganic body Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Adam Smith, Provisional Government, Louis Bonaparte, United States, Louis Philippe, National Assembly, Principles of Political Economy, Corn Laws, Karl Marx, Young Hegelians, American Civil War, Old England, Great Britain, Nouveaux Principes, Saint Bruno, The Philosophy of Manufactures, United Kingdom, Manchester School, Ministry of Labour, National Guard, Sir Robert Peel, Zur Kritik New!
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Marx did not leave any major methodological statements, comparable, for instance, to the philosophical part of Engel's Anti-Duhring. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
democratic petty bourgeois, finance aristocracy, undiminished proceeds, total social capital, estranged labour, faux frais, objectified labour, unproductive labourers, communal constitution, ager publicus, vulgar economists, bourgeois production, simple circulation, real subsumption, constant capital, living labour, alienated labour, bourgeois democrats, private proprietor, private labour, variable capital, modern bourgeois society, inorganic body Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Adam Smith, Provisional Government, Louis Bonaparte, United States, Louis Philippe, National Assembly, Principles of Political Economy, Corn Laws, Karl Marx, Young Hegelians, American Civil War, Old England, Great Britain, Nouveaux Principes, Saint Bruno, The Philosophy of Manufactures, United Kingdom, Manchester School, Ministry of Labour, National Guard, Sir Robert Peel, Zur Kritik New!
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