Why Marx Was Right
Apr 2018 · Yale University Press
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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.
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RODRIGO Flores
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22 February 2020
Awesome survey of the historical and contemporary. Goes beyond the fog of status quo propaganda and misinterpretation. Breaks down Marx for the current person while exposing the reader to a survey of all his writings not just out of context snippets.
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Joe James
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11 May 2019
People who open this book and think either Marx or Eagleton are delusional clearly cannot read, this is a brilliant dive into scholarly critiques of Marx with delicately and excellent rebukes from Eagleton
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Ashke Yggsson
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15 February 2019
Terrible delusional garbage.
About the author
Terry Eagleton is distinguished professor of English literature, University of Lancaster, and the author of more than fifty books spanning the fields of literary theory, postmodernism, politics, ideology, and religion. He lives in Northern Ireland.
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