Karl Marx: Thoroughly Revised Fifth Edition

IsaiahBerlin'sintellectualbiographyofKarlMarxhaslongbeenrecognizedasoneofthebestconciseaccountsofthelifeandthoughtofthemanwhohad,inBerlin'swords,amore"direct,deliberate,andpowerful"influenceonmankindthananyothernineteenth-centurythinker.Abrilliantlylucidworkofsynthesisandexposition,thebookintroducesMarx'sideasandsetsthemintheircontext,explainswhytheywererevolutionaryinpoliticalandintellectualterms,andpaintsamemorableportraitofMarx'sdramaticlifeandoutsizedpersonality.BerlintakesreadersthroughMarx'syearsofadolescentrebellionandpost-universitycommunistagitation,thepersonalhighpointofthe1848revolutions,andhislateryearsofexile,politicalfrustration,andintellectualeffort.Criticalyetsympathetic,Berlin'saccountilluminatesalifewithoutreproducingalegend.NewfeaturesofthisthoroughlyrevisededitionincludereferencesforBerlin'squotationsandallusions,TerrellCarver'sassessmentofthedistinctivenessofBerlin'sbook,andarevisedguidetofurtherreading.