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Cargando... Marx: A Very Short Introduction (1980 original; edición 2001)por Peter Singer
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. A brilliant little book, covering Marx's main ideas in a concise, extremely clear and coherent manner, while also avoiding dumbing down or oversimplification. Recommended. Gareth Southwell is a philosopher, writer and illustrator. Peter Singer discusses Marx as a political philosopher on par with Locke, Hobbes and Rousseau which cuts straight to utility of Marx and Marxism in our times. After tracing the life of Marx and the development of his ideas, he wraps up the text with a contrast against liberalism. In that contrast which I feel does the best job of encapsulating Marx's idea Singer centers the how freedom is understood and from there works backward to the economic system. I come away from this text with a great deal of admiration of Marx as a thinker. Not just for his insights but because I relate so much to the process with staring with an idea (Hegelian Philosophy) and arriving at something significant. That process of discovery is the joy of learning in my opinion. The author of this introduction focuses mainly on the philosophical side of karl marx and his important contribution to the idea of freedom and his enduring criticism of the capitalist society.what Marx gave us is a much richer idea of freedom than the superficial liberal view of it.This introduction will show the readers the beauty of many of Marx's writings. But the author is wrong in dismissing Marx's contribution to economics too easily.In fact many of Marx's predictions have actually turned out to be correct.
…Peter Singer… has opted for a minimum of biography and a concentration on the "status" of Marx's writings.… Singer views Marx as preeminently a philosopher whose central concern is freedom, and whose great strength lies in his critique of the individualist notion of freedom prevalent in the English-speaking world.… Given the constraints imposed by the format, he has done a first-rate job. Pertenece a las seriesPertenece a las series editorialesContenido en
En esta breve introducción el renombrado filósofo Peter Singer expone la visión central que unifica el pensamiento de Marx y nos permite entender su punto de vista como un todo. Presentándolo como un filósofo principalmente preocupado por la libertad humana, en lugar de como un economista o un científico social, Singer consigue explicar ideas clave de Marx, como la alienación, el materialismo histórico o la teoría económica del capital, en un lenguaje sencillo.En estas páginas, Singer explora si las concepciones de Marx siguen siendo relevantes en el siglo XXI. ¿El hecho de que las ocho personas más ricas del planeta posean tanto como la mitad de la población mundial vendría a confirmar la óptica marxista? ¿La facilidad con que los políticos conservadores pueden ganarse los votos de la clase trabajadora apelando al nacionalismo socavaría su visión de la lucha de clases y la inevitable victoria final del proletariado? Singer reflexiona aquí sobre cuestiones cruciales como estas y analiza también el papel de internet en nuestra sociedad en tanto que "fuerza productiva". El libro concluye con una evaluación del legado de Marx y la pregunta de hasta qué punto resulta realista en la actualidad la propuesta de reemplazar el capitalismo por un sistema de producción mejor. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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This brief account of Marx's life and thought is surprisingly comprehensive give its size. Singer's prose is as lucid and articulate as ever. His assessment of Marx is insightful and fair. I can highly recommend this short work as a good point of entry for anyone interested in the broad strokes of Marx, but reluctant to take the deep dive into something longer. Fans of Singer would likely find his reading of Marx interesting in its own right as well. ( )