Marx Today

This book provides, in one volume, primary sources by Marx and critical commentary which relates Marxism to contemporary social and political topics. It includes six brief works by Marx and ten articles by scholars, sympathetic to, but critical of, Marxism. For example, the author includes the classic essay by Heidi Hartmann which criticizes Marxism for misunderstanding gender oppression, "The Unhappy Marriage of Marxism and Feminism." No previous anthology of Marx has combined both brief works by Marx and multiple critical essays elaborating on his themes or engaging the shortcomings of his arguments.

STRONG TEXTBOOK POTENTIAL: The primary market for this book is college classes on political thought and on social thought, typically but not always taught as upperdivision undergraduate courses and on the graduate level. (For political science, the standard 'Machiavelli to Marx' course that the editor has been teaching for twentyfive years is a prime example.) Average enrollment in the undergraduate courses is probably around twentyfive. OF PERENNIAL INTEREST: The editor has focused on bringing readable but brief works and accessible commentary on Marx to a broad audience. Marx is a very important thinker and the political ferment of today's world, caused partly by economic globalization, makes him of enduring interest. CONCISE: Many other works on Marx are too inclusive to be used in courses. This book will cut it down to the essentials. CONTAINS KEY COMMENTARY OTHER VOLUMES LACK: The key limitations on extant works are that either they have no commentary on the Marx selections or they reproduce one work by Marx (typically the Manifesto) with consequently narrow commentary. COMMENTARY BY FAMOUS HISTORICAL AUTHORS: Including Terry Eagleton, Albert Einstein, and Heidi Hartmann.

Autorentext

John Sitton is a Professor of Political Science at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Inhalt
Introduction
Manifesto of the Communist Party (1848)
'Speech on Free Trade' (1847), with Engels's Introduction of 1888
'Preface' to A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy (1859)
'Value, Price, and Profit' (1865)
Selection from The Civil War in France (1871)
'Critique of the Gotha Programme' (1875)
Recent Marxian Arguments
'Why Socialism?'; Albert Einstein
'Deconstructing Capitalism as a System'; *F.Block

• 'The Unhappy Marriage of Marxism and Feminism: Towards a More Progressive Union'; *H.Hartmann
• 'Marx and the Environment'; J.B.Foster
  'Revolutionizing Spirituality: Reflections on Marx and Religion'; *J.Brentlinger
• 'Where Do Postmodernists Come From?'; T.Eagleton