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Political Discourse in Exile: Karl Marx and the Jewish Question
Fischman
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Description for Political Discourse in Exile: Karl Marx and the Jewish Question
Hardcover. Argues that Marx's work, from his doctoral dissertation to "Capital", resounds with characteristic concerns of Jewish thought, identifying three key elements that Marx's theory shares with Judaism - its ontology, its use of texts, and its conception of liberation as a return from exile. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFSR1; JPFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Over the years, Karl Marx's tangled relation with Judaism has provoked heated debate among followers and critics alike. Can the Jewish tradition better help us understand Marx's political theory? Which themes in Marx's writings become clearer when read in a Jewish context? In this provocative book, Dennis Fischman addresses these questions by showing how Marx's work, from his doctoral dissertation to ""Capital"", resounds with the characteristic concerns of Jewish thought. Fischman identifies three key elements that Marx's theory shares with Judaism: its ontology, its use of texts, and its conception of reality underlying Marx's writings and that of the Hebrew ... Read more
Over the years, Karl Marx's tangled relation with Judaism has provoked heated debate among followers and critics alike. Can the Jewish tradition better help us understand Marx's political theory? Which themes in Marx's writings become clearer when read in a Jewish context? In this provocative book, Dennis Fischman addresses these questions by showing how Marx's work, from his doctoral dissertation to ""Capital"", resounds with the characteristic concerns of Jewish thought. Fischman identifies three key elements that Marx's theory shares with Judaism: its ontology, its use of texts, and its conception of reality underlying Marx's writings and that of the Hebrew ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9780870237461
SKU
V9780870237461
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