"[I]n its compactness and objectivity the book is a useful theoretical tool for proletarian class aspirations, we cannot in reviewing it do better than to indicate, though inadequately, its richness and value."<br /><b>Paul Mattick</b><br /><p>“The republication of Karl Korsch’s masterly study of Karl Marx provides a useful reminder of the theoretical insights of the author, made during a period of major upheaval and debate among the then faltering international communist and workers movements. The book provides, not only an in-depth examination of Marx’s core ideas and work, it is also to be viewed in many ways as a summary of much of Korsch’s understanding of Marx and Marxism. Ideas such as the principle of historical specification and Korsch’s own understanding of dialectics, political economy and historical materialism feature prominently.” –Liam Conway, <em>Marx & Philosophy Review of Books</em></p>
"[I]n its compactness and objectivity the book is a useful theoretical tool for proletarian class aspirations, we cannot in reviewing it do better than to indicate, though inadequately, its richness and value."<br /><strong>—Paul Mattick</strong><br />
Foreword by Michael Buckmiller
Introduction
Part One
Society
1. Marxism and Sociology
2. The Principle of Historical Specification
3. Specification (continued)
4. The Principle of Change
5. The Principle of Criticism
6. A New Type of Generalisation
7. Practical Implications
Part Two
Political Economy
1. Marxism and Political Economy
2. From Political Economy to ‘Economics’
3. From Political Economy to the Marxian Critique of Political Economy
4. Scientific versus Philosophical Criticism of Political Economy
5. Two Aspects of Revolutionary Materialism in Marx’s Economic Theory
6. The Economic Theory of Capital
7. The Fetishism of Commodities
8. The ‘Social Contract’
9. The Law of Value
10. Common Misunderstandings of the Marxian Doctrine of Value and Surplus-Value
11. Ultimate Aims of Marx’s Critique of Political Economy
Part Three
History
1.The Materialist Conception of History
2. The Genesis of Historical Materialism
3. The Materialist Scheme of Society
4. Nature and Society
5. Productive Forces and Production-Relations
6. Base and Superstructure
7. Conclusions
Bibliography
Index of Names