– Jon Elster er ein av verdas aller fremste intellektuelle. I boka Making Sense of Marx gjev Elster ein av dei grundigaste gjennomgongane og analysane av Marxismen. Making Sense of Marx er kritisk, men Elster leverar ikkje noko debattinnlegg. Boka er ikkje mellom dei mest lettleste eg har lese, men er på ingen måte uoverkommeleg. Det som er av dårleg språk bli på alle måtar oppvegd av Elster sine djuptgåande analysar og store kunnskapsnivå. Spesielt bra er den delen av boka som går gjennom kva som er igjen av Marx. Her ser han marxismen i lys av dei politiske og økonomiske trendande ved slutten av det 20 hundreåret.
Making Sense of Marx
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. Les mer
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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.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Cambridge University Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 576
- ISBN
- 9780521297059
- Utgivelsesår
- 1985
- Format
- 23 x 16 cm
- Serie
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Studies in Marxism and Social Theory
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