Introduction To Marx And Engels: A Critical Reconstruction (Dimensions of Philosophy)
By Richard Schmitt.
Description
This book steers a middle path between those who argue that the theories of Marx and Engels have been rendered obsolete by historical events and those who reply that these theories emerge untouched from the political changes of the last ten years.Marxism has been a theory of historical change that claimed to be able to predict with considerable accuracy how existing institutions were going to change. Marxism has also been a political program designed to show how these inevitable changes could be hastened. Richard Schmitt argues that Marxian predictions are ambiguous and unreliable, adding t...
ISBN(s)
0813332834, 9780813332833
