The Marxist Conception of Ideology
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The Marxist Conception of Ideology by Martin Seliger
A comprehensive and systematic account of the ways in which Marx and Engels and their immediate followers made use of the conception of ideology.
'The author's scholarship is immenseHe has included an amazing range of writings in the scope of a short book and taken the reader on a guided tour de force through the murky forests of the literature about ideology and Marxism, both original and critical. One emerges from the experience with a heightened sense of the ingenuities of Marxists, but depressed by how little progress they have made towards a comprehensive and consistent theory of ideology. As a bonus Seliger gives one innumerable insights into the problems of the relationship of thought to social conditions and that of truth to social thought, which ideology as a concept tries to span.' Z. A. Pelczynski, The Times
'The story Seliger has to tell is of a steady refinement of the idea of ideology from the time of Marx and Engels onwards. He himself contributes to this development by pointing out many of the inadequacies of the theory of ideology as commonly conceived …' The Times Literary Supplement
'The story Seliger has to tell is of a steady refinement of the idea of ideology from the time of Marx and Engels onwards. He himself contributes to this development by pointing out many of the inadequacies of the theory of ideology as commonly conceived …' The Times Literary Supplement
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521296250 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521296250 |
| Title | The Marxist Conception of Ideology |
| Author | Martin Seliger |
| Series | Lse Monographs In International Studies |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1979-12-06 |
| Number of pages | 244 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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