"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."
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Texas A&M University
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
The Appeal of Marxism
The Scope of Marxist Thought
A Positive Look at Marxism
The Plan of the Book
2. 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
Summary
3. The Theory of Alienation
Hegel's Alienation and the Dialectical Process
Marx's Critique of Hegel
Marx on Alienation
Alienation and Political Economy
Summary
4. Economic Systems Prior to Capitalism
Unalienated Labor—The "Ancients"
The History of Alienated Labor
The History of Dissolution in England
Marx's Conclusion
Summary
5. Scientific Socialism, Socialism, and Anarchism
Marx on Other Socialisms
Socialism: Scientific and Utopian
Socialism and Anarchism
Summary
6. The Materialist Conception of History
The Material Base
Further Explanations of the Materialist Conception
Commodity Fetishism
What Materialism Is and Is Not
Summary
7. 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
Summary
8. The Superstructure
Ideology
The State
Religion
Marriage
Civil Liberties
Summary
9. Capitalism: Value and Price
The Meaning of Value
The Theory of Exploitation
Accumulation and the Falling Rate of Profit
Market Prices and Market Values
Summary
10. Capitalism: Crises and Breakdown
Capitalism and Accumulation
The Reserve Army of the Unemployed
Crises
Summary
Appendix: Capitalist Reproduction
11. Communism
Capitalism under Siege
Political Upheaval and Force
Transition
Communism Triumphant
The Economy under Communism
The State under Communism
Summary
12. Evaluation, Summary, and Critique
The Marxist Utopia
Alienation
Exploitation
Marxist Science
Capitalism: Value and Price
Capitalism: Crises and Breakdown
The Furture of Socialism
13. Marx as a Young Man
Student Days
Marx the Journalist
Further Intellectual Development
Pierre Proudhon
The Manifesto of the Communist Party
14. Marx in England
Ferdinand Lassalle
The First International
Mikhail Bakunin
The Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune
Last Years, Last Works
Chronology of Events in Marx's Life
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Bio(s)
Robert Freedman, Colgate College
