{"product_id":"marx-in-motion-thomas-nail-9780197526484","title":"Marx in Motion: A New Materialist Marxism","description":"Karl Marx is the most historically foundational and systematic critic of capitalism to date, and the years since the 2008 financial crisis have witnessed a rebirth of his popular appeal. In a world of rising income inequality, right-wing nationalisms, and global climate change, people are again looking to the father of modern socialism for answers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs this book argues, every era since Marx's death has reinvented him to fit its needs. There is not one Marx forever and for all time. There are a thousand Marxes. As Thomas Nail contends, one of the most significant contributions of Marx's work is that it treats theory itself as a historical practice. Reading Marx is not just an interpretative activity but a creative one. As our historical conditions change, so do the kinds of questions we pose and the kinds of answers we find in Marx's writing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is a return to the writings of Karl Marx, including his under-appreciated dissertation, through the lens of the pressing philosophical and political problems of our time: ecological crisis, gender inequality, colonialism, and global mobility. However, the aim of this book is not to make Marxism relevant by \"applying\" it to contemporary issues. Instead, \u003cem\u003eMarx in Motion\u003c\/em\u003e, the first new materialist interpretation of Marx's work, treats \u003cem\u003eCapital \u003c\/em\u003eas if it were already a response to the present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThomas Nail argues that Marx was a new materialist \u003cem\u003eavant la lettre\u003c\/em\u003e. He argues that Marx did not believe history was determined, or that matter was passive, or that humans were separate or superior to nature. Marx did not even have a labor theory of value. Marxists argue that new materialists lack a sufficient political and economic theory, and new materialists argue that Marx's materialism is human-centric and mechanistic. This book aims to solve both problems by proposing a new materialist Marxism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Nail\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0197526489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197526484\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2021","brand":"Thomas Nail","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43942752813311,"sku":"9780197526484","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_76f85f1c-9af5-4d50-b0f1-4afb26291d9c.jpg?v=1681494151","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/marx-in-motion-thomas-nail-9780197526484","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}