The Marxist system : economic, political, and social perspectives

Author(s)

• Freedman, Robert

Bibliographic Information

The Marxist system : economic, political, and social perspectives

Robert Freedman

（Chatham House studies in political thinking）

Chatham House Publishers, c1990

• : pbk.

Note

Bibliography: p. 169-171

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

"Freedman effectively integrates the economic, philosophical, and historical dimensions of Marx's thought. The book is clear but not simplistic, succinct yet comprehensive, and thoroughly reliable. One will not find a better or more balanced survey on the subject." - Edward B. Portis Texas A&M University

Table of Contents

• The appeal of Marxism
• the scope of Marxist thought
• a positive look at Marxism
• the plan of the book
• Hegel and Feuerbach
• from Hegel to Marx
• Hegel and the question of philosophy
• Feuerbach's contribution
• Feuerbach compared with Hegel
• Marx on Hegel
• theses on Feuerbach
• the theory of alientation
• Hegel's alienation and the dialectical process
• Marx's critique of Hegel
• Marx on alienation
• alienation and political economy
• economic systems prior to capitalism
• unalienated labour - the "ancients"
• the history of alienated labour
• the history of dissolution in England
• Marx's conclusion
• scientific socialism, socialism and anarchism
• Marx on other socialisms
• socialism - scientific and utopian
• socialism and anarchism
• the materialist conception of history
• the material base of human history
• further explanations of the materialist conception
• commodity fetishism
• what materialism is and is not
• the economic interpretation of history
• classes
• social classes
• political economy and the class system
• the "free laborer"
• the class struggle of the bourgeoisie and the proletariat
• the superstructure
• ideology
• the state
• religion
• marriage
• civial liberties
• capitalism - value and price
• the meaning of value
• the theory of exploitation
• accumulation and the falling rate of profit
• market prices and market values
• capitalism - crises and breakdown
• capitalism and accumulation
• the reserve army of the unemployed
• crises
• communism
• capitalism under siege
• political upheaval and force
• transition
• communism triumphant
• the economy under communism
• the state under communism
• evaluation, summary and critique
• the Marxist utopia
• alienation
• exploitation
• Marxist science
• capitalism - value and price
• capitalism - crises and breakdown
• the future of socialism
• Marx as a young man
• student days
• Marx the journalist
• further intellectual development
• Pierre Proudhon
• the manifesto of the communist party
• Marx in England
• Ferdinand Lassalle
• the first international
• Mikhail Bakunin
• the Franco-Prussian war and the Paris commune
• last years, last works.

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Details

• NCID: BA10769927
• ISBN:
  • 0934540314
• LCCN: 86023275
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Chatham, N.J.
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 180 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HX39.5
  • DC19 : 335.4/092/4
  • NDC8 : 309.3
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Marx, Karl, 1818-1883
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA10769971