In this fresh original analysis of Marxist thought Cornel West makes asignificant contribution to todays debates about the relevance of Marxism byputting the is... » 

In this fresh original analysis of Marxist thought Cornel West makes asignificant contribution to todays debates about the relevance of Marxism byputting the issue of ethics squarely on the Marxist agenda. West professor ofreligion and director of the AfroAmerican studies program at PrincetonUniversity shows that not only was ethics an integral part of the developmentof Marxs own thinking throughout his career but that this crucial concern hasbeen obscured by such leading and influential interpreters as Engels KautskyLukcs and others who diverted Marxs theory into narrow forms of positivismeconomism and Hegelianism. «