The Thought Of Karl Marx: An Introduction,Used

This Volume Provides The Most Comprehensive Introduction To Marx In English. The First Half Discusses The Writings In Chronological Order, Placing Them Solidly In Their Historical And Intellectual Context. Important Biographical Material Is Provided, Giving The Reader A Multidimensional View Of Marx'S Many Activities And Interests. In The Second Half, A Synoptic Approach Is Adopted. Here The Central Themes Of Marx'S Philosophy Are Examined With Clarity And Precision. Attached To Each Chapter Is A Selected Bibliography To Guide The Reader Through The Complexity Of Primary And Secondary Material. Dr. Mclellan Has Also Furnished Extensive Excerpts From Marx, Including Passages That Have, Until Now, Been Extremely Inaccessible Or Have Never Been Translated Into English. David Mclellan Is Currently Lecturer In Politics And Government At The University Of Kent At Canterbury And Has Been Visiting Professor And Held Fellowships At Various Universities Around The World. He Is The Author Of Marx Before Marxism And Editor And Translator Of The Grundrisse, By Karl Marx. At Present He Is Working On A Major Biography Of Marx.Some Comments On The Work Of David Mclellan Marx Before Marxism 'This Book Integrates Marx'S Early Life, His Writings And The Intellectual Currents That Influenced Him. The Story Is Taken Down To 1844, Before He Wrote His Major Works.... 'Mclellan Correctly Sees The Unity Of Marx'S Thought In His Concept Of Alienation And Stresses The Continuing Influence Of Hegel Through Das Kapital. For Lucidity, The Author Cannot Be Topped.' Mark Poster, Library Journal'An Intellectual Biography. Marx'S Family Tree Is Carefully, If Briefly, Explored.... But The Book'S Attention Is Fixed Unswervingly On Marx'S Intellectual And Political Education.... Great Care Has Been Taken To Ensure That The Story Is Chronologically Accurate And Told Consecutively; And Rightly So.... Among This Book'S Many Merits Are Its Austerity, Its Brevity, And Its Moderation.' Times (London) Literary Supplementthe Grundrisse, By Karl Marx Edited And Translated By David Mclellan 'David Mclellan'S Steadily Growing Reputation Will Be Enhanced By The Publication Of These Selections From Marx'S Grundrisse. The Reassuringly Solid Scholarship And The Freedom From Political Bias Which Made Marx Before Marxism So Convincing Are Once Again Displayed.... The Grundrisse Comprises The Draft Notes For What Was Several Times Projected As The Treatise On Political Economy. But This Economics Was Of A Far Wider Scope Than That Eventually Covered By The Three Published Volumes Of Capital. They Account For But One Sixth Of Marx'S Economics, And The Grundrisse Remains As The Only Sketch Of The Treatise In Its Entirety. The Quality Of This Draft Was Affirmed By Marx Himself, Who Called It, 'The Result Of Fifteen Years Of Research, Thus The Best Period Of My Life.' Times (London) Literary Supplement