Marx
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A Very Short Introduction
overview
Peter Singer identifies the central vision that unifies Marx's thought, enabling us to grasp Marx's views as a whole. He sees him as a philosopher primarily concerned with human freedom, rather than as an economist or a social scientist. He explains alienation, historical materialism, the economic theory of Capital, and Marx's ideas of communism, in plain English, and concludes with an assessment of Marx's legacy.
contents
Preface vii
Abbreviations ix
List of Illustrations xi
1 A Life and its Impact 1
2 The Young Hegelian 16
3 From God to Money 23
4 Enter the Proletariat 28
5 The First Marxism 32
6 Alienation as a Theory of History 39
7 The Goal of History 47
8 Economics 59
9 Communism 78
10 An Assessment 86
Note on Sources 101
Further Reading 103
Index 106
