The Great Philosophers: Marx

Download or read book The Great Philosophers: Marx written by Terry Eagleton and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2011-10-13 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'We are free when, like artists, we produce without the goad of physical necessity' Karl Marx For Marx, freedom entailed release from commercial labour. In this highly engaging account, Eagleton outlines the relationship between production, labour and ownership which lie at the core of Marx's thinking. Marx's utopia was a place in which labour is increasingly automated, emancipating the wealth of sensuous individual development so that 'savouring a peach [is an aspect] of our self-actualisation as much as building dams or churning out coat-hangers'. Combining extracts from Marx's revolutionary philosophy, along with insightful analysis, this is the perfect guide to one of the world's greatest thinkers.