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An Introduction to Karl Marx

A concise and comprehensive introduction to Marx's social, political, and economic thought for the beginning student. Jon Elster surveys in turn each of the main themes of Marxist thought: methodology, alienation, economics, exploitation, historical materialism, classes, politics and ideology; in a final chapter he assesses "what is living and what is dead in the philosophy of Marx." The emphasis throughout is on the analytical structure of Marx's arguments and the approach is at once sympathetic, undogmatic, and rigorous.

This book draws on Jon Elster's larger and more advanced work, Making Sense of Marx (C.U. P., 1985), which has already taken its place as the most sophisticated and systematic modern study available. An Introduction to Karl Marx is designed for use in undergraduate courses in social and political science, history, economics, and philosophy, and is published in conjunction with Karl Marx: A Reader, which contains a selection of Marx's most important writings, edited and introduced by Jon Elster.


CONTENTS


Preface vii

1. Overview 1
Introduction 1
Marx: Life and Writings 5
Marx and Engels 11
Marxism after Marx 12
Editions of Marx's Writings 17
Bibliography 19

2. Marxist Methodology 21
Introduction 21
Methodological Individualism 22
Marxism and Rational Choice 25
Functional Explanation in Marxism 31
Dialectics 34
Bibliography 39

3. Alienation 41
Introduction 41
Alienation: Lack of Self-realization 43
Alienation: Lack of Autonomy 49
Alienation: The Rule of Capital over Labor 54
Fetishism 56
Bibliography 58

4. Marxian Economics 60
Introduction 60
The Labor Theory of Value 63
Reproduction, Accumulation, and Technical Change 70
Crisis Theory 74
Bibliography 78

5. Exploitation 79
Introduction 79
Exploitation, Freedom, and Force 81
Exploitation in History 84
Exploitation and Justice 92
Bibliography 101

6. Historical Materialism 103
Introduction 103
The Development of the Productive Forces 105
Base and Superstructure 112
The Stages of Historical Development 117
Bibliography 121

7. Class Consciousness and Class Struggle 122
Introduction 122
The Concept of Class 123
Class Consciousness 129
Class Struggle 134
Bibliography 139

8. Marx's Theory of Politics 141
Introduction 141
The Capitalist State 143
Politics in the Transition to Capitalism 153
Politics in the Transition to Communism 159
Bibliography 166

9. The Marxist Critique of Ideology 168
Introduction 168
Political Ideologies 173
Economic Thought as Ideology 176
Religion as Ideology 180
Bibliography 184

10. What Is Living and What Is Dead in the Philosophy of Marx? 186
Introduction 186
What Is Dead? 188
What Is Living? 194



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