The Ideas of Karl Marx

This book offers a complete presentation of the most important themes of Marx's thought, following the development of Marx's theory from the beginning to his death and offering a reconstruction and analysis that covers the whole of Marx's life and works. Each chapter presents one of the central topics of Marx's reflection: the confrontation with the Hegelian theory of the State (1843); the critique of political liberalism in the On the Jewish Question; the discovery of Political Economy in the Manuscripts of 1844; the new theory of history developed in The German Ideology; the political theory and the revolution of 1848; the critique of political economy from the Grundrisse to Capital; and the political thought of the last Marx (the Paris Commune and the critique of the German Social Democratic Party). Stefano Petrucciani is Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.

Offers a comprehensive presentation of the key themes in Marx's thought Provides a biographical narrative of the successive phases of Marx's intellectual and political life Erudite, yet accessible for student use particularly in masters courses on Marx and Marxism

Autorentext

Stefano Petrucciani is Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy. His previous books include: Introduzione a Habermas (2000), Introduzione a Adorno (2007), Modelli di filosofia politica (2003), Marx (2009), Democrazia (2014), Storia del marxismo (2015), and Marx critique du libéralisme (2018).

Inhalt

1. The Education of a Young Hegelian.- 2. The Critique of Liberalism.- 3. The Discovery of Economics.- 4. A New Conception of History.- 5. A Time for Revolution: Marx and 1848.- 6. The Critique of Political Economy.- 7. The International, the Paris Commune, Social Democracy.