I olllman his books are rather well read in the world of marxist or dialectical works. And in 2005, he became president of the international endowment for democracy i. Dialectics for the new century bertell ollman, tony. This is a much expanded version of number 12 above. Steps in marxs method by bertell ollman find, read and cite. In this book ollman offers a thorough analysis of marxs use of dialectical method. The writings of bertell ollman contains selections from ollmans work on marxist theory, dialectics, alienation, class consciousness. In this book, the most thorough account of marxs theory of alienation yet to have appeared in english, professor ollman reconstructs the theory from its constituent parts and offers it as a vantage point from which to view the rest of marxism. Marx made extremely creative use of dialectical method to analyze the origins, operation, and direction of. Marxs conception of man in a capitalist society cambridge studies in the history and theory of politics. Alienation by bertell ollman cambridge university press.
Ollman s book distinguishes itself from the rest by virtue of its scholarly concentration, readability, sobriety and above all relevance to issues which are central, not only to an understanding of marx, but also even more importantly to an understanding of the complex world which marx himself endeavored to comprehend and describe. Professor of politics obertell nyu department of politics, 19 w. Bertell ollman born april 30, 1935 in milwaukee is a professor of politics at new york. Bertell ollman is professor in the department of politics at new york. Marxs conception of man in a capitalist society amazon. Marxs conception of man in a capitalist society by. In defence of internal relations radical philosophy archive, 1972. Opened my eyes to the horrors of capitalist society. In this book, the most thorough account of marxs theory of alienation yet to have appeared in. The book further contains a detailed examination of marxs philosophy of internal relations, the much neglected logical.
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