{"product_id":"the-german-ideology-karl-marx-9781913462956","title":"The German Ideology: A New Abridgement","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new abridgement of Marx and Engels's 1846 reckoning with the philosophical tradition, edited and with an introduction by philosopher Tom Whyman.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdited and with an introduction by philosopher Tom Whyman, this new abridged version\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe German Ideology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003esheds new light on one of the most difficult, disputed texts in Marx's oeuvre. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in 1846 and subsequently abandoned by Marx and Engels, only to be rescued in the 1930s by researchers in the USSR, \u003ci\u003eThe German Ideology\u003c\/i\u003e is the high point of Marx's philosophical thought: a brilliantly insightful, still thrillingly radical work of materialist philosophical therapy. Yet there remains no wholly satisfactory stand-alone version in English, with only a heavily abridged 1970 edition edited by C.J. Arthur, or a facsimile edition taken from Vol. 5 of the Marx-Engels Collected Works, which does not include satisfactory scholarly notes, currently available. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this new Repeater Classics edition, Tom Whyman seeks to remedy this. By expanding on generally-available abridgements to include the bulk of the section on Max Stirner, as well as amending the translation, adding notes and providing a new critical introduction, this new edition of \u003ci\u003eThe German Ideology\u003c\/i\u003e will allow non-specialists to engage with this critical work for the first time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt a time when interest in Marx's work is increasing, as people look for an alternative to our currently failing political system, this new edition of \u003ci\u003eThe German Ideology\u003c\/i\u003e will bring Marx's most substantial vision of what communism might actually be like to a whole new audience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1913462951\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913462956\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Repeater\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.83h x 5.28w x 0.72d","brand":"Karl Marx","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990587965695,"sku":"9781913462956","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_76ec89b9-f0df-42c6-a7d9-96d24f685eef.jpg?v=1683305530","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-german-ideology-karl-marx-9781913462956","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}