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Abstract
Karl Marx is the most important modern philosopher. His work has radically changed the course of world history, continental philosophy, political theory, literary criticism, and cultural studies. The sheer range of his achievements, and the depth of his critical insights, continue to speak to our present moment. This book places Marx's writings in their historical context, providing a clear guide to his key ideas and intellectual legacy. Written for both students and scholars, it illustrates Marx's ideas with examples drawn from William Shakespeare, Herman Melville, Leo Tolstoy, Bertolt Brecht, Theodor Dreiser, Thomas Pynchon, Toni Morrison, Sally Rooney, Claude McKay, Tennessee Williams, Mad Men, and Margin Call. Key ideas discussed in this guide include: Tracing historical contexts and developments in Marx's work over his lifetime; Focusing on Marxism as an interpretative strategy, paying special attention to its impact on literary criticism and cultural studies; Examining recent developments in Marxist theory, such as a stronger focus on the environment, climate crisis, and world ecology; Exploring the continued relevance of Marx and Marxism today. This Routledge Critical Thinkers guide will enable readers to critically assess and interpret Marx's major works, while also introducing his methods of critical analysis. Preparing readers to approach his original texts, this guide ensures that readers of all levels will find Marx accessible, challenging and of continued relevance. Andrew Rowcroft offers a comprehensive introduction to Marx's revolutionary ideas, examining the influence Marx had on literary studies, cultural studies, modernism, and philosophy
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Series Editor's preface -- Acknowledgements -- Why Marx? -- This Book -- Key ideas -- 1 Biography -- The Doctor's Club -- Dr Marx -- Marx and the Rheinische Zeitung -- Articles on wood theft -- Marx, Paris, and The Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts -- The German Ideology -- London -- Final years -- Summary -- 2 Sources of ideas -- G.W.F. Hegel -- Hegel's dialectic -- Totality -- Summary -- 3 THE Communist Manifesto -- Bourgeoisie and proletariat -- Proletarians and communists -- Socialist and communist literature -- The position of the communists -- Summary -- 4 Capital and capitalism -- The commodity -- The fetishism of the commodity and its secret -- The working day -- Uncovering the secret -- The Grundrisse -- Marx and the machines -- Marx and the New-York Tribune -- Summary -- 5 Literature and capitalism -- Marx's literary criticism -- Marxist literary criticism -- Summary -- 6 Base and superstructure -- Basics of the base and superstructure -- Preface to A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy -- Consequences for literature -- 'The Necklace' -- Analysis -- Summary -- 7 History -- The Class Struggles in France 1848 to 1850 -- Marx and The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte -- The German Ideology -- Marxist historiography -- Summary -- 8 Class -- Global inequality and the return of class -- Classes under capitalism -- Class and struggle -- Marx and the worker -- Working-class resistance -- Summary -- 9 Nature -- Marx and the ends of the Earth -- Marx's ecology -- Marx and Darwin -- Summary -- 10 Communism -- Communism now -- Marx's communism -- Marx and revolution -- The dictatorship of the proletariat -- Marx, communism, and utopia -- Conclusion -- Summary -- After Marx -- Marxist aesthetics -- Classical Marxism.
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