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Karl Marx and the Close of His System is a book published in 1896 by the Austrian economist Eugen von Bohm-Bawerk, which represented one of the earliest detailed critiques of Marxism. Criticism of Marxism (also known as Anti-Marxism) has come from various political ideologies, campaigns and academic disciplines.
In Marx's Concept of Man, Erich Fromm provides a detailed analysis of Karl Marx's ideas about human nature and how those ideas informed his economic and political theories. Fromm shows how Marx's conception of man as a "species-being" who is fundamentally social and cooperative, rather than selfish and individualistic, shaped his vision of a ...
As an author of both specialist and general books in the areas of literary theory, Marxism and Catholicism, Eagleton saw the historical moment as appropriate for Why Marx Was Right; critics said that the book was part of a resurgence in Marxist thought after the 2007–2008 financial crisis. It was first published in 2011 and reprinted in 2018 ...
Main Currents of Marxism; Marx After Sraffa; Marx and Human Nature; Marx's Concept of Man; Marx's Revenge; Marxism and Freedom; The Marxism of Che Guevara; Marxism, Freedom and the State; The Marxists; The Mirror of Production
McLellan praised Kołakowski for the thoroughness of his philosophical discussion of Marx. [15] Mixed evaluations of the book include those of the Marxist historian G. E. M. de Ste. Croix and the historian of science Roger Smith. [16] [17] De Ste. Croix considered the book overpraised, but nevertheless acknowledged that he was influenced by it.
Marx discusses two forms of communism that he deems inadequate. The first is "crude communism" — the universalization of private property. [40] This form of communism "negates the personality of man in every sphere," as it does not abolish the category of worker but instead extends it to all men. [42]
Žižek opposes any simplistic reading of the two thinkers, who are shown to have discovered the "kernel" of meaning concealed within the apparently unconnected "forms" of commodities (Marx) and dreams (Freud). Žižek thinks it is more important to ask why latent content takes a particular form.
Marxism: An Historical and Critical Study has been praised by authors such as the historian Peter Gay, [3] the political scientist David McLellan, [1] the political theorist Terrell Carver, [4] and the historian of science Roger Smith. [5] Gay described the book as one of the best discussions of alienation in the literature on Marx and Hegel. [3]