Making Sense of Marx

By: Jon Elster

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Paperback | 8 July 1985

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A systematic, critical examination of Karl Marx's social theories and their philosophical presuppositions. Through extensive discussions of the texts Jon Elster offers a balanced and detailed account of Marx's views that is at once sympathetic, undogmatic and rigorous. Equally importantly he tries to assess 'what is living and what is dead in the philosophy of Marx', using the analytical resources of contemporary social science and philosophy. Professor Elster insists on the need for microfoundations in social science and provides a systematic criticism of functionalism and teleological thinking in Marx. He argues that Marx's economic theories are largely wrong or irrelevant; historical materialism is seen to have only limited plausibility (and is not even consistently applied by Marx); Marx's most lasting achievements are the criticism of capitalism in terms of alienation and exploitation and the theory of class struggle, politics and ideology under capitalism, though in these areas too Elster enters substantial qualifications. The book should take its place as the most comprehensive and sophisticated modern study available.

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'Making Sense of Marx is splendid; it is endlessly ingenious, inventive and imaginative; it is built on apparently inexhaustible reserves of textual scholarship; it is written in sober, lucid and careful prose; and it tackles issues whose intrinsic interest is undeniable. Making Sense of Marx is a monument to patience, open-mindedness, intellectual scrupulousness and straightforward intelligence.' Alan Ryan, The Times Literary Supplement

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Detailed table of contents	p. xi
Preface and acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Explanation and dialectics	p. 3
Philosophy and economics	p. 49
Philosophical anthropology	p. 53
Economics	p. 119
Exploitation, freedom and justice	p. 166
Theory of history	p. 235
Modes of production	p. 241
Classes	p. 318
Politics and the state	p. 398
Ideologies	p. 459
Conclusion	p. 511
Capitalism, communism and revolution	p. 513
References	p. 533
Index of names	p. 549
Index of subjects	p. 552
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