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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. some underlining. Softcover. English. See images for condition.

About the book >.>.> A hundred years after Marx’s death the ideas which he launched upon the world have come to constitute one of the most lively and influential currents of modern thought acquaintance with which is indispensable for all who work in the social sciences or are engaged in political movements. Yet it is equally clear that these ideas have acquired none of the fixity of a closed and completed system but are still actively evolving; and in the course of the past century they have assumed a great variety of forms. This has occurred not only by extension into new fields of inquiry but also through an internal differentia tion in response on one side to critical judgments and new intellectual movements and on the other to changing social and political circumstances. This dictionary provides a succinct guide to the basic concepts of Marxism taking account of different interpretations and criticisms and to the individuals and schools of thought whose work has contributed to forming the body of Marxist ideas since Marx’s day. It is designed to be of use to the many students and teachers in higher education who encounter Marxist conceptions in the course of their own studies and also to the large number of general readers who want to be informed about a theory and doctrine that has played and continues to play a major part in shaping institutions and modes of action in the present-day world. The entries are presented in such a manner as to be accessible to the non-specialist reader so far as the nature of the various subjects allows; but there are some cases. (SP)