Author: Paul Strathern
Narrator: Robert Whitfield
Unabridged: 1 hr 24 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 06/25/2005
Categories: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Religious Philosophy
Paul Strathern is a Somerset Maugham Prize-winning novelist and the author of many nonfiction titles, including The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior; Napoleon in Egypt; and Mendeleyev's Dream, which was short-listed for the Aventis Prize. Paul lives in England.
I'm not sure what I expected from a book called "Marx in 90 Minutes" but this book still managed not to meet my expectations. So much of this brief volume focuses on the biographical details of Marx's life (one point to Strathern, I did not know that Karl Marx's wife Jenny was a baronness!) and so l......more
It was great for me to read this book right after I read Hegel's. The less gossip could be better though.......more
Me ha servido mucho para empezar poco a poco con Marx. Ahora bien, el autor es un cansino, tiene que dejar todo el rato claro lo equivocadisimo que estaba Marx. Excluyendo esas partes (que son muchas) las partes en las que explica su filosofía están bien.......more
It felt more like 'Marx: An Hour of My Personal Opinions and Criticisms'. This might be my fault - I thought it would be more of a sum up of Marx's ideas. I wanted the facts straight and unbiased so I could make up my own mind. It feels like Strathern is no fan of Marx, painting him as a shlubby boh......more
I love this series. As one who has never studied philosophy in any structured fashion but is interested in the great ideas of our time, these books provide a brief introduction to both the thinker and the thoughts. They provide a great basis from which to learn more. Or to make the decision to aband......more