Karl Marx, Shlomo Avineri
Karl Marx, Shlomo Avineri
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Karl Marx
Philosophy and Revolution

Author: Shlomo Avineri

Narrator: Roger Clark

Unabridged: 7 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/06/2019


Synopsis

Karl Marx (1818–1883)—philosopher, historian, sociologist, economist, current affairs journalist, and editor—was one of the most influential and revolutionary thinkers of modern history, but he is rarely thought of as a Jewish thinker, and his Jewish background is either overlooked or misrepresented. Here, distinguished scholar Shlomo Avineri argues that Marx's Jewish origins did leave a significant impression on his work. Marx was born in Trier, then part of Prussia, and his family had enjoyed equal rights and emancipation under earlier French control of the area. But then its annexation to Prussia deprived the Jewish population of its equal rights. These developments led to the reluctant conversion of Marx's father, and similar tribulations radicalized many young intellectuals of that time who came from a Jewish background.

Avineri puts Marx's Jewish background in its proper and balanced perspective, and traces Marx's intellectual development in light of the historical, intellectual, and political contexts in which he lived.

About Shlomo Avineri

Shlomo Avineri is professor emeritus of political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. A leading Israeli political scientist, he is the author of The Social and Political Thought of Karl Marx and The Making of Modern Zionism.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kerry on September 13, 2021

You can't read about Karl Marx without finding him fascinating. He was the first to have that hyphenated description so common today among the woke. He was a philosopher, a political theorist, a journalist, and so on. What he excelled at really was self-promotion. He had no visible means of support,......more

Goodreads review by David on July 26, 2022

A very positive discussion of Marx and his thought, very little criticism and critical reflection of him. I appreciated this since my own education of Marx has been very negative. I was surprised how open he was about Marx’s impact on higher ed, that Marx influences almost every discipline. I was al......more

Goodreads review by Rock on August 21, 2019

An excellent analysis of Marx's thought, providing detailed contextualization that illuminates the intellectual development and evolution of Marx along an intertwined continuum of biography (his work, domestic life, and brief activism), history (post-Napoleonic Restoration, 1848 revolutions, Franco-......more

Goodreads review by Kamran on February 28, 2022

Had heard alot about Marxism or Leninism but knew nothing about the person. Karl Marx was a remarkable person who laid the foundation of something very intricate but at the same time, very intrinsic to human society. Marx had left an incredible mark on the human politics & economics both directly an......more

Goodreads review by Titus on October 13, 2023

A fine, if unexceptional biography of Marx. Avineri takes the usual route of assessing Marx's life through his main publications. This means that with the exception of the very beginning, biography plays second fiddle to analysis of Marx's oeuvre--especially Marx's politics, which is Avineri's speci......more