The Sociology of Marx [antikvár]

Marxian Thought and Sociology This brief study grew out of what we have referred to elsewhere^ as "a new reading of Marx." What we have in mind is not another "interpretation," but first and foremost an attempt to reconstruct Marx's original thought. The attempt seems worth making in view of the divergencies and contradictions that have marked the development of "Marxist" thought in our time. To define the purpose of this book more closely, we shall begin by recalling Marx's conception of the dialectical movement of reality and truth. Our conclusions will come back to this point of departure. In between we will analyze the hypotheses involved in greater detail and develop a number of themes: a. The "truth of religion"—what religion really is— is discovered in philosophy. This means that philosophy