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On Changing The World: Essays in Political Philosophy, from Karl Marx to Walter Benjamin
Michael Löwy
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This collection of essays - including several translated to english for the first time - cover a wide range of topics and figures too often neglected by the dominant trends in Marxist literature. With a particular focus on the important role played by Romanticism in Marxist thought, topics include religion, Utopia, Rosa Luxemburg and Walter Benjamin.
This collection of essays - including several translated to english for the first time - cover a wide range of topics and figures too often neglected by the dominant trends in Marxist literature. With a particular focus on the important role played by Romanticism in Marxist thought, topics include religion, Utopia, Rosa Luxemburg and Walter Benjamin.
Product Details
Publisher
Haymarket Books United States
Number of pages
218
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
269g
Number of Pages
218
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781608461899
SKU
V9781608461899
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About Michael Löwy
Michael Löwy is Research Director in Sociology at the National Centre for Scientific Research in Paris. He is the author of many books, including The Theory of Revolution in the Young Marx and, with Olivier Besancenot, Che Guevara: His Revolutionary Legacy.
Reviews for On Changing The World: Essays in Political Philosophy, from Karl Marx to Walter Benjamin
“Only the Stalinist gospel of convenient quotations is dead, not Marxist writing. Michael Löwy illustrates the vitality of the latter. His collection of essays, combining scholarship with passion, impresses by its sweep and scope. It ranges from liberation theology to the problem of ‘progress’ in Walter Benjamin. And, since it tackles such issues as utopia and nationalism, the book is ... Read more