A New Introduction to Karl Marx - 9783030529499

A New Introduction to Karl MarxNew Materialism, Critique of Political Economy, and the Concept of Metabolism\nAuthor(s): Ryuji Sasaki, Michael Schauerte\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG\nISBN-13: 9783030529499, 978-3030529499\nSynopsis\n?This book provides a concise overview of Marxs philosophy and political economy, tracing various changes of his theoretical views over time through his practical and theoretical engagements with contradictions of capitalism from the unique perspective of Japanese Marxism. While it offers an objective introduction to Marxs critique of capitalism, Sasaki uniquely pays particular attention to the concept of metabolism, whose disruption under the capitalist mode of production causes exhaustion of labour-power as well as natural resources. Sasaki reconstructs Marx as a revolutionary thinker, whose devoted his entire life for the sake of establishing a more free and equal soc.