Providing an introduction to Marx, complete with pedagogical boxes, a chronology and guides to further reading, this book examines all the key areas of author's writings, including his early works, "The Communist Manifesto," "The German Ideology" and "Capital," explaining their wider historical and theoretical context.

In The Philosophy of Marx, Etienne Balibar provides an accessible introduction to Marx and his key followers, complete with pedagogical information for the student to make the most challenging areas of theory easy to understand. Examining all the key areas of Marx's writings in their wider historical and theoretical context - including the concepts of class struggle, ideology, humanism, progress, determinism, commodity fetishism, and the state - The Philosophy of Marx is a gateway into the thought of one of history's great minds.

“A very intelligent and creative work—succinct and informative; it explores the ways in which Marxism as such challenges traditional philosophy (and the problems the latter possesses for it). It would certainly have a privileged place on the shelf of contemporary studies of Marx.”—Fredric Jameson

“A trenchant and exciting analysis of the philosophy of Marx. It is intelligent and original, and makes us understand the ways in which reading Marx lucidly can be very useful to us today. No dogma here and no banalities. A refreshing book.”—Immanuel Wallerstein