The Political Economy of Marx (2nd Edition)

by Michael Charles Howard and J.E. King

Book Overview

This book provides a comprehensive exposition and appraisal of Marx's political economy, beginning with the philosophical and sociological foundations of his work and indication how his economic theory emerged from a critique of classical political economy. The authors proceed to examine in detail the theory of exploitation, capitalist development and imperialism, and pay special attention to the analysis of Marx by later social and economic theorists,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814734537
• ISBN13: 9780814734537
• Release Date: September 1988
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

The best reader for Marxism available

If your interested in Marxism, buy this book, it'll save you the trouble of wasting your money on other explications of Marx which have more to do with the author's beliefs than what Marx actually said. The authors of this book have also written a massive, two volume, scholarly book detailing how the ideas of Marxism, scholarly debate, and the implementation and creation of Marxist and neo-Marxist theory developed from the time of Marx's death to the mid eighties. So they know their stuff, and they demonstrate that continually. It seems that they reference every Marxist theorist sometime in the book, with references to well known authors like Gramsci and the more obscure modern Marxist economists as well. Be prepared to dig in on economics, to understand Marx it's unavoidable. Their style is scholarly, and it's organized like a text book. In fact it is used as a text book in some English Universities. Marx produced a huge amount of work, and it's difficult to get the big picture out of it without trying to do what's impossible--reading it all, but these guys have, and the book is a guide as well. It also includes criticism of Marx, thus presenting him as he really is, not sugarcoating him. This book is valuable to have, it can only clear away the mists, not plunge a person deeper into them.