Karl Marx's writings contain, besides economic analysis and the political theory of revolutionary communism, an influential sociology of ideas, explaining how social life shapes and distorts people's ideas and beliefs. This book presents a fresh critical study of this theory, establishing what Marx did and did not say, and distinguishing the more scientific parts of his thought from those that were overly influenced by his revolutionary aims. The author argues that Marx's own theory of ideas can play an important role in explaining the subsequent degeneration of Marxist thought itself.
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"Torrance's book is packed with suggestive notions .... The issues raised in the book are indeed of lasting and contemporary importance." Richard D. Chessick, American Journal of Psychotherapy
"...Torrance operates in the analytical mode and aims to give the reader a plausible construal and defense of Marx's ideas -- at least in the area under discussion. And, in this aim, the book very largely succeeds." David McLellan, American Jounral of Sociology
"...Torrance operates in the analytical mode and aims to give the reader a plausible construal and defense of Marx's ideas -- at least in the area under discussion. And, in this aim, the book very largely succeeds." David McLellan, American Jounral of Sociology
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Karl Marx's writings contain, besides economic analysis and the political theory of revolutionary communism, an influential sociology of ideas, explaining how social life shapes and distorts people's ideas and beliefs. This book presents a fresh critical study of this theory, establishing what Marx did and did not say, and distinguishing the more scientific parts of his thought from those which were over-influenced by his revolutionary aims. The author argues that Marx's own theory of ideas can play an important role in explaining the subsequent degeneration of Marxist thought itself.
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Another Look At Marx,
This review is from: Karl Marx's Theory of Ideas (Studies in Marxism and Social Theory) (Hardcover)
Another look into the mind of Karl Marx. His communist views of economics and revolution show in what in written, and what is to be inferred. It shows the essence of Marx's ideas and gives a generalization of his thoughts. Another thing you can see is the relationship Marx has had on the mindset of other authors. Included in this could Howard Zinn's People's History of the United States. A good read and well worth the time to get to know Marx.
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The aim of this book is to show that it is possible to construct a coherent version of what Marx's theory of ideas could have been if he had developed it more fully, had been more self-critical, and had our advantages of hindsight. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bourgeois classlessness, social production model, political false consciousness, prevailing secular ideology, delusive surface, global illusion, engendered illusions, unplanned societies, local illusions, ideological producers, vulgar political economy, explanatory primacy, free personal development, sociological holism, reproduction thesis, exchange paradigm, multiplied productive force, sociological materialism, social productive power, evaluative priorities, indirect understanding, illusory community, revolutionary function, productive development, military consumption Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Adam Smith, The Holy Family, Second International Marxists, Theories of Surplus Value, Western Marxism, Critique of the Gotha Programme, Destutt de Tracy, Hence Marx, However Marx, John Stuart Mill, Max Weber, Moreover Marx, Western Marxists, Allen Wood, Jon Elster, Jorge Larrain, Nevertheless Marx, The Poverty of Philosophy, Van Leeuwen, Western Europe New!
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The aim of this book is to show that it is possible to construct a coherent version of what Marx's theory of ideas could have been if he had developed it more fully, had been more self-critical, and had our advantages of hindsight. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bourgeois classlessness, social production model, political false consciousness, prevailing secular ideology, delusive surface, global illusion, engendered illusions, unplanned societies, local illusions, ideological producers, vulgar political economy, explanatory primacy, free personal development, sociological holism, reproduction thesis, exchange paradigm, multiplied productive force, sociological materialism, social productive power, evaluative priorities, indirect understanding, illusory community, revolutionary function, productive development, military consumption Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Adam Smith, The Holy Family, Second International Marxists, Theories of Surplus Value, Western Marxism, Critique of the Gotha Programme, Destutt de Tracy, Hence Marx, However Marx, John Stuart Mill, Max Weber, Moreover Marx, Western Marxists, Allen Wood, Jon Elster, Jorge Larrain, Nevertheless Marx, The Poverty of Philosophy, Van Leeuwen, Western Europe New!
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- Theories of Surplus Value: Volumes One-Three (Great Minds Series) by Karl Marx on 6 pages
- The Holy Family by Karl Marx on 6 pages
- Critique of the Gotha Programme by KARL MARX on 4 pages
- Poverty of Philosophy (Great Books in Philosophy) by Karl Marx on 4 pages
- Peasant War in Germany (New world paperbacks) by Engels in Front Matter, page 5, and page 415
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- The Cambridge History of Science, Volume 7: The Modern Social Sciences by Theodore M. Porter on page 198
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