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A thought provoking analysis of exploitation,
By drav1016@aol.com (spiky univ of florida) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Marx on Suicide (Psychosocial Issues) (Paperback)
This essay is truly fascinating. The majority of it was actually written by Peuchet (a French statistician in the 1700s), but there are certain changes that Marx provides himself. Additionally, you can see undertones of Marx's feelings in regards to exploitation of the proletariat. He doesn't argue that proles are the only ones who commit suicide, because that obviously isn't true; I think the point here is simply that society needs to be better examined. Check out this quote from the essay; it's pretty darn cool: "What kind of society is it wherein one finds the most profound loneliness in the midst of millions of people?"
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not so flattering Marx,
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This review is from: Marx on Suicide (Psychosocial Issues) (Paperback)
What is more interesting about this slim text is not so much the content, although Peuchet's essay is in its own way perceptive, but the unintentional and not very flattering insight into Marx's method of selectively doctoring the original to say things it never intended.
For example, on page 50, Peuchet says, "I undertook a comprehensive study of this subject" to which Marx adds - in Peuchet's voice! - "I found that, short of total reform of the organization of our current society, all other attempts would be in vain," a sentence Peuchet, a police administrator, never would have written. Whether Marx is right is not the point; the point is he fabricates a sweeping social analysis and puts his words in someone else's mouth as an "official" translation. This is breathtakingly dishonest and makes you wonder how often Marx played loose with facts and figures in more significant works too.
1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Kevin Anderson Steals The Show In This One,
By "mwabudike" (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Marx on Suicide (Psychosocial Issues) (Paperback)
The introduction of the book is more insightful than Marx's (Peuchet's) essay. On the other hand, being able to see how Marx approaches the issue of suicide makes this book very important. Marx uses his conflict approach to distinguish how suicide differs between the prolitariate and bourgeoisie classes; also, the anomic despair and objectification (especially of women) brought on by the impact of a capitalist ruled society is prevalent. I would recomend this book to the following groups of people: anyone interested in conflict theory pertaining to the topic of suicide; Anyone interested in understanding how women are objectified (more so than men and therefore more prone to commit suicide) under capitalist social conditions; and to anyone (students in particular, but not necessarily) who wants to start and finish a book in the same session (the english translation is only 60+ pg's), at the same time,learning something about the foundation of their own society (the economy) and the impact it has on them. Not strong academic material, but useful none-the-less.
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