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Karl Marx: Greatness And Illusion
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY 2017'A deeply original and illuminating account of Marx's journey through the intellectual history of the nineteenth century a profound reappraisal and a gripping read' Christopher Clark author of The SleepwalkersAs the nineteenth century unfolded its inhabitants had to come to terms with an unparalleled range of political economic religious and intellectual challenges Distances shrank new towns sprang up and ingenious inventions transformed the industrial landscape It was an era dominated by new ideas about God human capacities industry revolution empires and political systems - and above all the shape of the futureOne of the most distinctive and arresting contributions to this debate was made by Karl Marx the son of a
Jewish convert in the Rhineland and a man whose entire life was devoted to making sense of the hopes and fears of the nineteenth century world Gareth Stedman Jones's impressive biography explores how Marx came to his revolutionary ideas in an age of intellectual ferment and the impact they had on his times In a world where so many things were changing so fast would the coming age belong to those enthralled by the events which had brought this world into being or to those who feared and loathed it?This remarkable book allows the reader to understand as never before the world of ideas which shaped Marx's world - and in turn made Marx shape our own
Jewish convert in the Rhineland and a man whose entire life was devoted to making sense of the hopes and fears of the nineteenth century world Gareth Stedman Jones's impressive biography explores how Marx came to his revolutionary ideas in an age of intellectual ferment and the impact they had on his times In a world where so many things were changing so fast would the coming age belong to those enthralled by the events which had brought this world into being or to those who feared and loathed it?This remarkable book allows the reader to understand as never before the world of ideas which shaped Marx's world - and in turn made Marx shape our own
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