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  • Why Marx Was Right

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  • By: Terry Eagleton
  • Narrated by: Roger Clark
  • Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (432 ratings)

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Why Marx Was Right

By: Terry Eagleton
Narrated by: Roger Clark
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In this combative, controversial book, Terry Eagleton takes issue with the prejudice that Marxism is dead and done with. Taking 10 of the most common objections to Marxism - that it leads to political tyranny, that it reduces everything to the economic, that it is a form of historical determinism, and so on - he demonstrates in each case what a woeful travesty of Marx's own thought these assumptions are.

In a world in which capitalism has been shaken to its roots by some major crises, Why Marx Was Right is as urgent and timely as it is brave and candid. Written with Eagleton's familiar wit, humor, and clarity, it will attract an audience far beyond the confines of academia.

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Marx was right!

I'm convinced that the material conditions which the people currently have access to are insufficient

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A good overview

I enjoyed the overview and the dispelling of myths in this book. It has inspired me to study the subject more in depth.

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Excellent, but perhaps a less strident narrator?

Let me start by stating that the narrator perfectly suits the material. The voice is emphatic and very commanding. But I fear that may be a bit of an impediment to the message. The reasoned explanations and dismantling of anti-Marxist rhetoric sometimes gets lost in the intensity of the presentation. At times it really sounded like old-time Marxist bombast, when my impression going into the book was that it was meant to be a bit more sophisticated and refined in tone. Perhaps I was wrong with that assumption. But, as far as the contents of the material, it was outstanding.

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Great listen

Great read if you’re not or are trying not to be a typical propagandized American.

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Makes you think

Great insight into Marx thinking not everything is good but than not everything is bad!

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A Brilliant Narrator

The narration was brilliant. I expected more from the author Terry Eagleton though. Eagleton does a good job in making Marx's ideas accessible and relevant. However he sometimes gets caught up in the cleverness and wit of his prose at the expense of shedding light on Marx's concepts of class, history, alienation and cultural theory.

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A Contemporary Case for Marx

Karl Marx was indeed right and the witty Terry Eagleton will prove it to you.

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Excellent.

Witty, well written, easy to understand, and wonderful revelations about Marx and Marxism.
The presentation was five star. This is a must read for anyone newly exploring Marxism or even the old communist.

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Amazing analysis of Marx

This analysis of Marx outlines arguments that many will never hear, especially in the capitalist owned mainstream media of today's Western power structure, emphatically worshipping of profit at all costs, with no second thought to preserving truth and discourse. The world needs more thinkers capable of critical analysis of every political, social and economic theory, and this book is at least a start.

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Reason’s Triumph

A reasoned intellectual response to the anti-Marxist,anti-socialist hysteria that masquerades as discourse.

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