Marx was a highly original and polymathic thinker, unhampered by disciplinary boundaries, whose intellectual influence has been enormous. Yet in the wake of the collapse of Marxism-Leninism in Eastern Europe the question arises as to how important his work really is for us now.  Meer

Marx was a highly original and polymathic thinker, unhampered by disciplinary boundaries, whose intellectual influence has been enormous. Yet in the wake of the collapse of Marxism-Leninism in Eastern Europe the question arises as to how important his work really is for us now.  Meer

'Men in political theory' is the first work to turn the 'gender lens' onto 'man' the 'abstract individual' and 'man' the gendered male as they appear in the works of ten classic political philosophers.  Meer

Karl Marx was the first theorist of a truly global capitalism, and remains perhaps its most trenchant critic.  Meer

Karl Marx was the first theorist of a truly global capitalism, and remains perhaps its most trenchant critic.  Meer

Worldwide political changes since 1990 have driven a re-evaluation of Marxism, a renaissance in Marx-studies, and a renewed interest in his lifelong intellectual partner and personal friend Friedrich Engels.  Meer

Worldwide political changes since 1990 have driven a re-evaluation of Marxism, a renaissance in Marx-studies, and a renewed interest in his lifelong intellectual partner and personal friend Friedrich Engels.  Meer

This book examines the life and works of Friedrich Engels during the decade before he entered a political partnership with Karl Marx. It takes a thematic approach in three substantial chapters: Imagination, Observation, and Vocation.  Meer