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Karl Marx's Writings on Alienation

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Authors:
  1. Marcello Musto

    1. Department of Sociology, York University, Toronto, Canada

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  • Provides the most comprehensive selection on Marx’s conception of alienation
  • Written in an accessible style, for academic and general readers alike
  • The introduction of the editor represents a critical, comprehensive and updated overview of the numerous interpretations of alienation within Marxist tradition.

Part of the book series: Marx, Engels, and Marxisms (MAENMA)

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Part I MARCELLO MUSTO, INTRODUCTION

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Alienation Redux: Marxian Perspectives

      • Marcello Musto
      Pages 3-48

  3. Part II KARL MARX, WRITINGS ON ALIENATION

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
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    2. Early Philosophical and Political Writings

      • Marcello Musto
      Pages 51-68

    3. From the Grundrisse to the Theories of Surplus Value

      • Marcello Musto
      Pages 69-122

    4. Capital and Its Preparatory Manuscripts

      • Marcello Musto
      Pages 123-155

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 157-164
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About this book

The theory of alienation occupies a significant place in the work of Marx and has long been considered one of his main contributions to the critique of bourgeois society. Many authors who have written on this concept over the 20th century have erroneously based their interpretations on Marx’s early writings. In this anthology, by contrast, Marcello Musto has concentrated his selection on the most relevant pages of Marx’s later economic works, in which his thoughts on alienation were far more extensive and detailed than those of the early philosophical manuscripts. Additionally, the writings collated in this volume are unique in their presentation of not only Marx’s critique of capitalism, but also his description of communist society. This comprehensive rediscovery of Marx’s ideas on alienation provides an indispensable critical tool for both understanding the past and the critique of contemporary society.

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“The texts excerpted are organized chronologically, and the different works from which they are taken are each introduced by a brief paragraph suggesting points of significance. … thanks to Marcello Musto for revisiting the concept of alienation and highlighting the importance of interrogating this theme today.” (Howard Engelskirchen, Science & Society, Vol. 87 (4), October 2023)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sociology, York University, Toronto, Canada

    Marcello Musto

About the author

Marcello Musto is Professor of Sociology at York University, Toronto, Canada, and has published worldwide in more than twenty languages. Among his most recent edited books there are Marx’s Capital after 150 Years: Critique and Alternative to Capitalism (2019), and The Marx Revival: Key Concepts and New Interpretations (2020). He is the author of Another Marx: Early Manuscripts to the International (2018), and The Last Years of Karl Marx: An Intellectual Biography (2020).

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