Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments 1. Life, Work and Intellectual Development 2. Marx’s Theory of History: Historical Materialism and the Hegelian Background 3. Class Conflict, the State, and the Communist Revolution 4. Marx’s Economics and the Collapse of Capitalism 5. Ideology 6. Human Nature and the Good Life: the Public/Private Distinction and Alienation in Marx’s Early Writings 7. Legacy and Influence. Glossary Bibliography Index