Analyzing Marx: Morality, Power and History

Softcover volume, measuring approximately 5.5" x 8.5", shows light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and bright. xi/319 pages.
"In this book Marx is revealed as a powerful contributor to the debates that now dominate philosophy and political theory. Using the techniques of analytic philosophy to unite Marx's general statements with his practice as historian and activist, Richard W. Miller derives important arguments about the rational basis of morality, the nature of power, and the logic of testing and explanation. The book also makes Marx's theory of change useful for current social science, by replacing economic determinist readings with a new
interpretation in which systems of power relations arethe basis of change.



Part One discusses Marx's criticisms of the moralpoint of view as a basis for social choice. The outlook
that emerges is humane but antimoral. Part Two arguesthat Marx's concept of the ruling class is a means,
of measuring political power that is ignored yet urgently needed by present-day social science. PartThree bases Marx's theory of history on the
dynamics of power, challenging both the standard,economic determinist readings of the
theory and standard conceptions of science."