Country United Kingdom Pages 464 (1995 edition) Originally published 1973 Genre Biography | Language English ISBN 978-0333445419 Subject Karl Marx | |
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Media type Print (Hardcover and Paperback) Similar David McLellan books, Karl Marx books, Biographies | ||
Karl Marx: His Life and Thought is a 1973 biography of Karl Marx by political scientist David McLellan. The work was republished as Karl Marx: A Biography in 1995.
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Summary
McLellan deals with Marx's intellectual, political and private life. The 1995 edition includes a critical bibliography that briefly evaluates numerous works dealing with Marx and Marxism, among them Isaiah Berlin's Karl Marx: His Life and Environment (1939), Herbert Marcuse's Reason and Revolution (1941), and Leszek KoĊakowski's Main Currents of Marxism (1976).
Scholarly reception
The book has been described as, "The most comprehensive scholarly account of Marx's life and works" by professor of political theory Terrell Carver. Historian of science Roger Smith calls it "readable and reliable".
References
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