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Karl Marx's Theory of Ideas

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From: American Journal of Psychotherapy
Date: 19960101
Author:Chessick, Richard D

JOHN TORRANCE: Karl Marx's Theory of Ideas, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995, New York, 519 pp., $59.95.

This erudite book is part of a series on "Studies in Marxism and Social Theory" devoted to developing Marxist thought and retaining what is "true and important" in Marxism. Certainly Torrance attempts to do just that in a talmudic discussion of certain vital Marxist concepts. His focus is on removing the accretions of various so-called "Marxists" who came after Marx, beginning with Engels, in order to get at what Marx actually had to say. And it is certainly true that many of ...

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