Marx The Key Ideas

Introduction Marx's early life Europe at the time of Marx Early life of Marx Academic life Life as a journalist The Communist Manifesto Exile Summary Marx's later life Marx and Engels Family and life in London Work and study in London Das Kapital The final years Summary Marx and Philosophy Greek philosophers French materialists German materialists Anarchists British philosophers and social reformers Marx's philosophical viewpoint Summary Dialectical materialism and society Dialects and dialectical materialism Capitalism and socialism Economics and class structure Summary Economic theory The capitalist economy The theory of surplus value Labour theory of value Money and capital Labour and labour power Profit The division of labour Summary Economy and society Economy and history Fetishism Imperialism and colonialism Alienation Capitalism in crisis Summary Class Struggle and revolution Bougeois and proletariat Class and class struggle Reform and revolution Communism Summary Society and ideology Ideology Religion Art and culture Gender and women's rights Freedom and the individual Summary Marxism after Marx The spread of Marxist thought World communism The cold war The fall of communism Marx's influence today Summary Taking it further Index