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Lädt ... Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life (2014. Auflage)von Jonathan Sperber (Autor)
Werk-InformationenKarl Marx: Sein Leben und sein Jahrhundert von Jonathan Sperber
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. The virtue of the book is that Sperber aligns Marx's work with the political issues of his day. For those with practice reading abstract philosophical treastises, this book should be a breeze. It wasn't always so for me, but Sperber does about as good a job as can be expected smoothing many thorny matters out. Important note for Kindle readers: the links to the book's notes do not work iso if the notes are important to you, do not choose the Kindle edition. As a non-academic layperson, this book was a bit of a stretch. It is as much a discussion of Hegelianism and positivism as it is a biography, and I felt a bit at sea without a steadfast understanding of these things. Still, Spurber has a firm grasp of his subject and of the attending historical, philosophical and economic factors of the day and guides the reader quite capably through Marx's times and his life. The hardest thing for me to deal with was that Marx seems inherently unlikeable as a person and his political and economic ideas seem driven more by his personal hatred for Prussia, the Czar and his scorn for the Bourgeoisie than by any kind of real concern for the future of humanity. This is a man who expounded on economic theory yet could never manage to pay his own bills. He was a man who extolled the proletariat yet was appalled at the possibility of having to give up his servant and his middle class status. And perhaps, most importantly, as Spurber deftly illustrates, Marx's thinking was imprisoned within his own time and looking back to the French Revolution; he did not have the imagination or the crystal ball to foresee how capitalism would evolve in the 20th century and beyond. To me, his theories seem woefully irrelevant. As the author admonishes, Marxism as it has been co-opted by its latter-day adherents bears only a fragile resemblance to Marx's own (oft re-formulated) theories. He does seem to attract those who, like him, simply want to tear down and destroy. One wonders if, had the essentially bourgeois Marx had been able to find a job after his college graduation, that we might have spared us the carnage of Stalinist Russia and Maoist China. Zeige 3 von 3
The Karl Marx depicted in Jonathan Sperber’s absorbing, meticulously researched biography will be unnervingly familiar to anyone who has had even the most fleeting acquaintance with radical politics. Here is a man never more passionate than when attacking his own side, saddled with perennial money problems and still reliant on his parents for cash, constantly plotting new, world-changing ventures yet having trouble with both deadlines and personal hygiene, living in rooms that some might call bohemian, others plain “slummy,” and who can be maddeningly inconsistent when not lapsing into elaborate flights of theory and unintelligible abstraction. Auszeichnungen
Seit vier Jahrzehnten ist dies die erste große Marx-Biographie - geschrieben von einem exzellenten Kenner auf der Grundlage intensiver Forschungen. Jonathan Sperber zeigt uns Karl Marx genauer als je zuvor im Kontext seines Jahrhunderts und interpretiert ihn nicht, wie die meisten seiner Vorgänger, als eine Art posthumen Zeitgenossen. Dieses Buch macht uns vielmehr bewusst, wie stark Marx sich im Koordinatensystem der eigenen Epoche bewegte - zwischen den Ereignissen der Französischen Revolution und einer kapitalistischen Zukunft. Kein anderer Denker ist so gründlich in eine permanente Deutungshaftung für die Gegenwart genommen worden wie Karl Marx. Doch über der immensen und mit den aktuellen Krisen des Finanzkapitalismus wieder anschwellenden Wirkungsgeschichte sind die Ursprünge seiner Theorie weitgehend aus dem Blick geraten. Jonathan Sperber schildert den historischen Marx - er rekonstruiert die Entstehung der Marxschen Theorie im Kontext der damaligen Ideen und Kontroversen, zeichnet seine politischen Aktivitäten vom Redakteur der Rheinischen Zeitung bis zum Gründervater der sozialistischen Bewegungen nach und beschreibt auch sehr eindrucksvoll den Menschen Karl Marx. Die Biographie folgt den Spuren eines genialen Mannes, der ein Leben lang nach einer neuen und radikaleren Version der Französischen Revolution suchte und schließlich - neben Darwin - zum meistzitierten Denker des 19. Jahrhunderts werden sollte. Jonathan Sperber ist Professor für Geschichte an der Universität von Missouri. Seine Bücher über das 19. Jahrhundert haben mehrere Preise erhalten, darunter 'Rhineland Radicals' über die Revolution von 1848 im Rheinland den 'Preis des DAAD' für das beste Buch zur deutschen Geschichte. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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This biography of Karl Marx tries to situate the philosophy’s works and his political initiatives in the context of 19th century Europe. In doing that, the book gives more attention to the facts that shape Marx’s ideas than to the content and effects of his works. The exposition is clear and fluid. The description of Marx’s family life allows the reader to understand the difficulties he endured and how someway he succeeded in doing his work. Marx was a revolutionary that never capitulated with the ruling Elite, specially in Prussia and Russia. His efforts and reflections are a treasure to mankind. ( )