Research Catalog

Title

Karl Marx and the future of the human / Cyril Smith.

Author

Smith, Cyril, 1929-

Publication

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2005.

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Details

Description

xii, 231 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

"In Karl Marx and the Future of the Human, Cyril Smith explains that Marx, more than any other thinker, is misrepresented by what has become known as "Marxism." Among other things, Marxism has developed into a method for analyzing capitalism, a way of looking at history, and a way of theorizing about 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 is still missing today. He sought "the alteration of humans on a mass scale": economics, politics, daily life, and spiritual life. In discussing Marx and spirituality, Smith relates Marx to the thought of William Blake. Readers coming to Marx for the first time, as well as seasoned scholars, will benefit from this book."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Raya Dunayevskaya series in Marxism and humanism

Uniform Title

Raya Dunayevskaya series in Marxism and humanism

Subject

• Marx, Karl, 1818-1883
• Marx, Karl, 1818-1883
• Marx, Karl 1818-1883
• Marx, Karl
• Socialismo storia
• Communism > History
• Communism
• Menschenbild

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The prospects for socialism -- Marx versus historical materialism -- The Communist Manifesto after 150 years -- Marx's critical science -- Democracy and property in Athens -- Towards the modern state -- Hegel's contradictory summary of the tradition -- Karl Marx's critique of politics -- Marx, communism, and revolution -- Marx and human self-creation -- Marx and the fourfold vision of William Blake.

ISBN

• 0739110268
• 9780739110263
• 0739110276
• 9780739110270

LCCN

2004025094

OCLC

• ocm56825638
• 56825638
• SCSB-14693966

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library