Why Marx Was Right

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Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN-10: 0300169434 Dimensions: 5.75 x 1 x 8.5 inches Edition: First Edition isbn: 0300169434 Item Weight: 15.3 ounces Print length: 272 pages ISBN-13: 978-0300169430 Publication date: April 12, 2011 Country of Origin: United States

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Why Marx Was Right. In this combative, controversial book, Terry Eagleton takes issue with the prejudice that Marxism is dead and done with. Written with Eagleton's familiar wit, humor, and clarity, it will attract an audience far beyond the confines of academia. In this combative, controversial book, Terry Eagleton takes issue with the prejudice that Marxism is dead and done with. Taking ten of the most common objections to Marxism—that it leads to political tyranny, that it reduces everything to the economic, that it is a form of historical determinism, and so on—he demonstrates in each case what a woeful travesty of Marx's own thought these assumptions are. In a world in which capitalism has been shaken to its roots by some major crises, Why Marx Was Right is as urgent and timely as it is brave and candid. Written with Eagleton's familiar wit, humor, and clarity, it will attract an audience far beyond the confines of academia.