In Karl Marx's early writing (first made available many years
after his death) his economic interpretation of history and his
concept of communism were set in a comprehensive philosophical
framework. Marx's main preoccupation at this time was with man
estranged from himself in an alienated world: a subjective, almost
religious theme.
Taking full account of these earlier writings, Robert Tucker
critiques and reinterprets Marx's thought. He shows how its origins
can be located in earlier German philosophers, in particular Kant,
Hegel and Feuerbach. Reconstructing the genesis of Marxism in its
founder's own mind, he clarifies Marx's mystifying contention that
Marxism represented Hegelianism turned 'on its head'. He then
presents a new interpretation, based on close textual analysis, of
the relation between Marx's early philosophical system and the
subsequent materialist conception of history as expounded in the
later and best known writings of Marx and Engels. Against this
background, Tucker presents Das Kapital as a work belonging to the
post-Hegelian mythical development of Germany philosophy.
Considering in turn the genesis of Marxism and the underlying
continuity of his thought from the early writings to Das Kapital,
Tucker shows the theme of alienation is central throughout.
In the years since the book was first written, comments and
criticism have encouraged Tucker to change his position somewhat.
This is explained in a new introduction that goes beyond the
interpretative enterprise of the rest of the book to assess Marx in
relation to contemporary concerns: first it presents a critique of
Marx's treatment of alienation and then it comments on the moot
problem of the continuing relevance of his social and economic
thought. On the latter point his views have matured and altered
during the intervening years and he now finds the economic and
social aspects of Marx's thought considerably more relevant than he
did before.
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