{"product_id":"the-marxengels-reader-9780393099652","title":"The Marx-Engels Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003eA knowledge of the writings of Marx and Engels is virtually indispensable to an educated person in our time  whatever his political position or social philosophy. For classical Marxism  as the thought of Marx and Engels may be called  has profoundly affected mens views about history  society  economics  ideology  culture  and politics; indeed  about the nature of social inquiry itself. No other intellectual influence has so powerfully shaped the mind of modern left-wing radicalism in most parts of the world. Through classical Marxism  moreover  the left is linked to a greater intellectual tradition extending into the eighteenth-century French Enlightenment  German post-Kantian philosophy  English political economy  and early-nineteenth-century European socialism. Not to be well grounded in the writings of Marx and Engels is to be insufficiently attuned to modern thought  and self-excluded to a degree from the continuing debate by which most contemporary societies live insofar as their members are free and able to discuss the vital issues. This book offers the original writings needed to acquire a thorough grounding in Marxist thought  together with introductory notes to each selection  a chronology of the careers of the two men  and a concluding bibliographic guide to some of the literature about them and their thought\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45495977607221,"sku":"ByrdShop_0393099652","price":113.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780393099652.jpg?v=1780905227","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-marxengels-reader-9780393099652","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}