Marx's Literary Style
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- Synopsis
- Marx&’s Literary Style argues that a true understanding of Marx&’s work requires a careful study of his literary choicesIn Marx&’s Literary Style, the Venezuelan poet and philosopher Ludovico Silva argues that much of the confusion around Marx&’s work results from a failure to understand his literary mode of expression. Through meticulous readings of key passages in Marx&’s oeuvre, Silva isolates the key elements of his style: his search for an &“architectonic&” unity at the level of the text, his capacity to express himself dialectically at the level of the sentence, and, above all, his great gift for metaphor. Silva&’s unique sensitivity to Marx&’s literary choices allows him to illuminate a number of terms that have been persistently, and fatefully, misunderstood by many of Marx&’s most influential readers, including alienation, reflection, and base and superstructure. At the heart of Silva&’s book is his contention that we we cannot hope to understand Marx if we treat him as a scientist, a philosopher, or a literary writer, when he was in fact all three at once.Originally published in 1971, this is a key work by one of the most important Latin American Marxists of the twentieth century. This edition, which marks the first appearance of one of Silva&’s works in English, features an introduction by Alberto Toscano.
- Copyright:
- 2023
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- ISBN-13:
- 9781839765551
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781839765537
- Publisher:
- Verso Books
- Date of Addition:
- 01/24/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Verso
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
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- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts, Philosophy, Politics and Government
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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