[edited by] Erich Fromm ; with a translation from Marx's Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts by T. B. Bottomore
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiii, 219 pages ;
Dimensions
22 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Erich Fromm - one of the most important psychoanalytic thinkers of the 20th century - presents and responds to Karl Marx's Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts"--
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"In publishing Marx's Concept of Man in 1961, Erich Fromm presented to the English-speaking world for the first time Karl Marx's then recently discovered Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts. Including the Manuscripts and many other philosophical writings by Marx as well as Fromm's own extended response, many of these writings have since become recognised as important works in their own right. Fromm stresses Marx's humanist philosophy and challenges both contemporary Western ignorance of Marx and Soviet corruptions of his work. Fromm's analysis of Marx's work and his dissemination of these neglected writings by Marx himself fundamentally altered the prevailing discourse about Marxism, revolutionising contemporary thought and providing a formative influence for the development of the New Left"--
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Marx, Karl,1818-1883.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Capital.
Economics.
Socialism.
PHILOSOPHY / General.
PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism & Socialism.