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Karl Marx: His Life and Environment

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Karl Marx: His Life and Environment
Cover of the 1959 edition
AuthorIsaiah Berlin
LanguageEnglish
SubjectKarl Marx
Published1939 (Thornton Butterworth)
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages222 (1995 edition)
ISBN978-0195103267

Karl Marx: His Life and Environment is a 1939 biography of Karl Marx by Isaiah Berlin,[1] in which Berlin argues that Marx's system of thought depends upon indefensible metaphysical presuppositions.[2]

Scholarly reception

Berlin's style of writing has been praised by political scientist David McLellan,[1] and philosopher John Gray.[2]

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b McLellan 1995. p. 441.
  2. ^ a b Gray 1995. p. 91.

Bibliography