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Author_Oscar Zarate
Author_Rupert Woodfin
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Category=QDTS
Communism
Economics
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History
Marxism
Movements
Political Ideologies
Social Classes
Product details
- ISBN 9781848310582
- Weight: 159g
- Dimensions: 118 x 168mm
- Publication Date: 05 Feb 2009
- Publisher: Icon Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Was Marx himself a 'Marxist'? Was his visionary promise of socialism betrayed by Marxist dictatorship? Is Marxism inevitably totalitarian? What did Marx really say? "Introducing Marxism" provides a fundamental account of Karl Marx's original philosophy, its roots in 19th century European ideology, his radical economic and social criticism of capitalism that inspired vast 20th century revolutions. It assesses Marxism's Russian disciples, Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin who forged a ruthless dogmatic Communism. The book examines the alternative Marxist approaches of Gramsci, the Frankfurt School of critical theory and the structuralist Marxism of Althusser in the 1960s. It marshals postmodern interpretations of Marxism and raises the spectre of 'post-Marxism' in Derrida's confrontation with Fukuyama's 'end of history' doctrine.
Oscar Zarate is one of the UK's leading graphic artists. He has illustrated numerous Introducing titles. His graphic novel A Small Killing won the Will Eisner Prize.
