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Karl Marx

An Intellectual Biography

Rolf Hosfeld (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

198 Seiten

2012
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-0-85745-742-4 (ISBN)

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Is the Grand Old Man re-emerging? More than twenty years after the collapse of Communism, and in the midst of the crisis of Capitalism, Karl Marx' ideas, at least in part, are back en vogue. He is often invoked, yet in a way that is ignorant of him or his work.

Is the Grand Old Man re-emerging? More than twenty years after the collapse of Communism, and in the midst of the crisis of Capitalism, Karl Marx’s ideas, at least in part, are back in vogue. He is often invoked, yet often misunderstood. In this award-winning biography Rolf Hosfeld offers a new, transparent, and critical view of Marx’s turbulent life. Linking the contradictory politician and revolutionary to his work—his errors and misjudgments as well as his pioneering ideas—Hosfeld presents a vivid account of Marx’s life between Trier and London. At the same time, he renders accessible Marx’s complex work, one of the world’s most important contributions to the history of ideas.

Rolf Hosfeld studied German Literature, History, Political Science, and Philosophy at the Universities of Frankfurt/Main and Berlin, where he received his PhD with a dissertation on Heinrich Heine. He has worked as university lecturer, editor, journalist, and ﬁlm and TV director and has published numerous essays, scholarly articles, and books on historical, cultural, and political topics, including a biography of Hegel, a history of the Armenian genocide, a history of the GDR, and a biography of Kurt Tucholsky. Currently, he is the Academic Director of the Potsdam Lepsius House, a Research Center for Genocide Studies, and works as an independent writer.

SECTION I: IDEAS

World Spirit

Liberalism

The Riddle of Modernity

Predestination

Phenomenology of Communism

The Discovery of Simplicity

New Species

SECTION II: DEEDS

Futurism

World War

The Trauma of Exile

Lost Illusions

SECTION III: DISCOVERIES

The Terrible Missile

Crisis and End Times

SECTION IV: CONSEQUENCES

To the Sun, to Freedom

Salvation from the East

Acknowledgements

Bibliography

Notes

Index of Names

Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	381 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	0-85745-742-X / 085745742X
ISBN-13	978-0-85745-742-4 / 9780857457424
Zustand	Neuware