Karl Marx (eBook)

An Intellectual Biography

Rolf Hosfeld (Autor)

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2012
198 Seiten
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-78238-430-4 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Autor

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.

Inhalt

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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.12.2012
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Neuzeit bis 1918
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
• Schlagworte: General History • History (General), Political and Economic Anthropology, Sociology
• ISBN-10: 1-78238-430-8 / 1782384308
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78238-430-4 / 9781782384304