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Why Marx Was Right
- 2nd Edition
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
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Publisher's Summary
In this combative, controversial book, Terry Eagleton takes issue with the prejudice that Marxism is dead and done with. Taking 10 of the most common objections to Marxism - that it leads to political tyranny, that it reduces everything to the economic, that it is a form of historical determinism, and so on - he demonstrates in each case what a woeful travesty of Marx's own thought these assumptions are.
In a world in which capitalism has been shaken to its roots by some major crises, Why Marx Was Right is as urgent and timely as it is brave and candid. Written with Eagleton's familiar wit, humor, and clarity, it will attract an audience far beyond the confines of academia.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-09-2021
Must read for anyone interested in politics
This book explains Marxism simply and clearly without dogma. A great introduction to Marxist thought.
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- Anonymous User
- 31-03-2021
Wonderful
This was really enlightening for me, as someone who previously wouldn't have identified as a Marxist it really put to rest all the dismissals of his ideas I've heard on the internet, every worker should listen to this.
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- Tegan H.
- 03-07-2020
Couldn't hold my attention
Found this book well-argued but very boring. My mind wandered off constantly. Not helped in the least by the performer's slow, plodding delivery. I had to put it at 1,5x speed just to get through it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-07-2020
Infantile and lacking evidence of weight
I put this down quickly, after T.E made several uses of ridiculous analogy to support an assertion, as though it were an irrefutable pearl of wisdom. The trope regarding the efficiency of a world were a medic does himself out of work by curing his patients was a highlight. The tone of the performance was also lecturing and no doubt that reflects the authors intent.
A big miss is my recommendation.
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