Reading Marx by Slavoj Iek
Marx's critique of political economy is vital for understanding the crisis of contemporary capitalism. Yet the nature of its relevance and some of its key tenets remain poorly understood. This bold intervention brings together the work of leading Marx scholars Slavoj iek, Frank Ruda and Agon Hamza, to offer a fresh, radical reinterpretation of Marxism that explains the failures of neoliberalism and lays the foundations for a new emancipatory politics. Avoiding trite comparisons between Marx's worldview and our current political scene, the authors show that the current relevance and value of Marx's thought can better be explained by placing his key ideas in dialogue with those that have attempted to replace them. Reading Marx through Hegel and Lacan, particle physics, and modern political trends, the authors provide new ways to explain the crisis in contemporary capitalism and resist fundamentalism in all its forms. Reading Marx will find a wide audience amongst activists and scholars.
“Reading Marx is not only a call for seeing Marx’s renewed importance today; it also reveals the potency of the intersection of philosophy and MarxIt presents revelations on every page that point toward how we might think a philosophical Marxism.”
Todd McGowan, University of Vermont
“The authors of this timely book reverse the conventional approach of understanding Marx by critiquing Hegel; they start from Marx and then turn to Hegel. In this way they open up a whole new intellectual horizon.”
Kojin Karatani, Columbia University
"fascinating"
Boston Review
Todd McGowan, University of Vermont
“The authors of this timely book reverse the conventional approach of understanding Marx by critiquing Hegel; they start from Marx and then turn to Hegel. In this way they open up a whole new intellectual horizon.”
Kojin Karatani, Columbia University
"fascinating"
Boston Review
Agon Hamza is a PhD candidate in philosophy at the Postgraduate School ZRC SAZU in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He serves as the co-editor-in-chief of the international philosophical journal Crisis and Critique. His latest publications are: Slavoj Zizek and Dialectical Materialism (co-edited with Frank Ruda), Repeating Zizek, and From Myth to Symptom: The Case of Kosovo, co-authored with Slavoj Zizek.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781509521418 |
| ISBN 10 | 1509521410 |
| Title | Reading Marx |
| Author | Slavoj Iek |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Polity |
| Year published | 2018-04-27 |
| Number of pages | 180 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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