Karl Marx: Thoroughly Revised Fifth Edition (Thoroughly Revised Fifth Edition)

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Synopsis
Isaiah Berlin's intellectual biography of Karl Marx has long been recognized as one of the best concise accounts of the life and thought of the man who had, in Berlin's words, a more "direct, deliberate, and powerful" influence on mankind than any other nineteenth-century thinker. A brilliantly lucid work of synthesis and exposition, the book introduces Marx's ideas and sets them in their context, explains why they were revolutionary in political and intellectual terms, and paints a memorable portrait of Marx's dramatic life and outsized personality. Berlin takes readers through Marx's years of adolescent rebellion and post-university communist agitation, the personal high point of the 1848 revolutions, and his later years of exile, political frustration, and intellectual effort. Critical yet sympathetic, Berlin's account illuminates a life without reproducing a legend. New features of this thoroughly revised edition include references for Berlin's quotations and allusions, Terrell Carver's assessment of the distinctiveness of Berlin's book, and a revised guide to further reading.
Copyright:
2014

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
352 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781400848119
Related ISBNs:
9780691156507
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Henry Hardy, Terrell Carver, Alan Ryan, Isaiah Berlin
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Philosophy, Politics and Government
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Henry Hardy
Foreword by:
Alan Ryan

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