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Marx's 'Eighteenth Brumaire':

By James Martin , Mark Cowling

Book information

Publisher
Pluto Press
Year
2002
ISBN
0745318312, 9780745318318
LCC
DC274 .M2713 2002
Open Library ID
OL3554525M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1448134 bytes)
Series
Post)modern Interpretations
Pages
273\273
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-04-18 11:31:18

Description

* Marx's original text Marx's account of the rise of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte is one of his most important texts. Written after the defeat of the 1848 revolution in France and Bonaparte's subsequent coup, it is a concrete analysis that raises enduring theoretical questions about the state, class conflict and ideology. Unlike his earlier analyses, Marx develops a nuanced argument concerning the independence of the state from class interests, the different types of classes, and the determining power of ideas and imagery in politics. In the "Eighteenth Brumaire" he applies his "materialist conception of history" to an actual historical event with extraordinary subtlety and an impressive, powerful command of language. This volume contains the most recent and widely acclaimed translation of the "Eighteenth Brumaire" by Terrell Carver, together with a series of specially commissioned essays on the importance of the "Brumaire" in Marx's canon. Contributors discuss its continuing significance and interest, the historical background and its present-day relevance for political philosophy and history.

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