Title: The Irrepressible Revolutionary: Marx for the Uninitiated, the Unconvinced and the Unrepentant
Abstract: This essay reviews three recent works that address the importance of the writings and theory of Karl Marx: Peltz's Karl Marx: A World to Win, Eagleton's Why Marx was Right, and Hobsbawm's How to Change the World. It considers a revival of interest in Marx against the backdrop of contemporary crisis, suggesting that the works reviewed offer those uninitiated in Marxism, those unconvinced by its theories and arguments, and those unrepentant about their acceptance of much-criticized Marxist claims much to consider. Throughout the essay the reciprocities of analyzing the world and changing it are underscored, as indeed they are in all three of the works reviewed.
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-02-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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