AconciseandcomprehensiveintroductiontoMarx’ssocial,politicalandeconomicthoughtforthebeginningstudent.JonElstersurveysinturneachofthemainthemesofmarxistthought:methodology,alienation,economics,exploitation,historicalmaterialism,classes,politics,andideology;inafinalchapterheassesses’whatislivingandwhatisdeadinthephilosophyofMarx’.TheemphasisthroughoutisontheanalyticalstructureofMarx’sargumentsandtheapproachisatoncesympathetic,undogmatic,andrigorous.
