Marx, Marxism and Utopia

This title was first published in 2000:  This engaging book suggests that Marx was right to reject ''utopian socialism'' on the grounds that it undermined the principles of proletarian self-emancipation and self-determination. As a theoretician of the proletarian class, Marx sought to capture the spirit of revolution in a manner which precluded the need for utopian philanthropy and the messianic ...