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Karl Marx and the Future of the Human
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2005
Summary
In this excellent study of Karl Marx's thought, Cyril Smith takes a long and winding route that starts with classical world thought. When he arrives at the door to Marx's pantheon we see that, with the significant yet largely overlooked example of Spinoza, most thinkers—and especially Western ones—are opposed to essential aspects of democracy. In Marx and the Future of the Human Cyril Smith explains that Karl Marx, more than any other thinker, is misrepresented by what has come to be understood as 'Marxism.' Marxism has developed into, among other things, a method for analyzing capitalism, a way of looking at history, and a way to theorize the role of the working class in a future society. Marx, however, speaks about a conception of human life that was absent during his lifetime and remains absent today. Marx sought 'the alteration of humans on a mass scale:' economics, politics, daily lived-life, and spiritual life. In discussing Marx and spirituality, Cyril Smith relates Marx to the thought of William Blake. Someone coming to Marx for the first time as well as the seasoned scholar can read this book. Marx and the Future of the Human is a book rife with thoughtful and creative connections written by someone who has spent most of his life close to the spirit of Karl Marx's thought.
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Edition
1/2005
Copyright Year
2005
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-1027-0
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-5686-5
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
231
Product Type
Monograph
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Preface No access
1 The Prospects for Socialism No access
2 Marx versus Historical Materialism No access
3 The Communist Manifesto after 150Years No access
4 Marx's Critical Science No access
5 Democracy and Property in Athens No access
6 Toward the Modern State No access
7 Hegel's Contradictory Summary of the Tradition No access
8 Karl Marx's Critique of Politics No access
9 Marx, Communism, and Revolution No access
10 Marx and Human Self-Creation No access
11 Marx and the Fourfold Vision of William Blake No access
