Sven-Eric Liedman Knihy

Epic new biography of Karl Marx for the 200th anniversary of his birth. In this essential new biography—the first to give equal weight to both the work and life of Karl Marx—Sven-Eric Liedman expertly navigates the imposing, complex personality of his subject through the turbulent passages of global history. A World to Win follows Marx through childhood and student days, a difficult and sometimes tragic family life, his far-sighted journalism, and his enduring friendship and intellectual partnership with Friedrich Engels. Building on the work of previous biographers, Liedman employs a commanding knowledge of the nineteenth century to create a definitive portrait of Marx and his vast contribution to the way the world understands itself. He shines a light on Marx’s influences, explains his political and intellectual interventions, and builds on the legacy of his thought. Liedman shows how Marx’s masterpiece, Capital, illuminates the essential logic of a system that drives dizzying wealth, grinding poverty, and awesome technological innovation to this day. Compulsively readable and meticulously researched, A World to Win demonstrates that, two centuries after Marx’s birth, his work remains the bedrock for any true understanding of our political and economic condition.

År 1972 utkom en bok med titeln Från Platon till Lenin. De politiska idéernas historia skriven av idéhistorikern och sedermera professorn Sven-Eric Liedman. Boken har följt med sin tid, och under årens lopp har titeln ändrats i takt med ämnets uppdatering.Från Platon till kriget mot terrorismen (2005) är den fjortonde omarbetningen och sträcker sig till en av de mest genomgripande händelserna i modern historia - 11 september 2001.