In the lucid style and engaging manner that have become his trademark, Robert L.
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Heilbroner explains and explores the central elements of Marxist thought: the meaning of a "dialectical" philosophy, the usefulness and problems of a " materialist" interpretation" of history, the power of Marx\'s "socioanalytic" penetration of capitalism, and the hopes and disconcerting problems involved in a commitment to socialism.
In the lucid style and engaging manner that have become his trademark, Robert L