Marx in the Mid-Twentieth Century

Marx in the Mid-Twentieth Century: A Yugoslav Philosopher Reconsiders Karl Marx's Writings

Cover of the first edition
Author Gajo Petrović
Original title Filozofija i marksizam
Translator Gajo Petrović
Country Yugoslavia
Language Serbo-Croatian
Subject Karl Marx
Published
  • 1965 (in Serbo-Croatian)
  • 1967 (Anchor Books, in English)
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 237 (1967 Anchor Books edition)

Marx in the Mid-Twentieth Century: A Yugoslav Philosopher Reconsiders Karl Marx's Writings (Serbo-Croatian: Filozofija i marksizam; literally: Philosophy and Marxism) is a 1965 book about Karl Marx by Gajo Petrović, Croatia's leading 20th-century philosopher.[1]

Summary

Petrović emphasizes the humanist relevance of Marx today.[2] He argues, in his treatment of Marx's theory of history, that Marx's emphasis on historical specificity and historical change does not detach him from every general conception of human nature.[3]

Scholarly reception

Marx in the Mid-Twentieth Century is the work for which Petrović is best remembered.[1] Petrović's treatment of Marx's theory of history has been commended for its care by Norman Geras in his Marx and Human Nature: Refutation of a Legend (1983).[3]

References

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 Bien 1999. p. 731.
  2. ↑ McLellan 1995. p. 445.
  3. 1 2 Geras 1983. pp. 19, 117.

Bibliography

Books
  • Bien, Joseph; Paetzold, Heinz (1999). Robert Audi, ed. The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-63722-8. 
  • Geras, Norman (1983). Marx and Human Nature: Refutation of a Legend. London: Verso Editions. ISBN 0 86091 767 3. 
  • McLellan, David (1995). Karl Marx: A Biography. London: Papermac. ISBN 0-333-63947-2. 
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