Why Marx Was Right

In this combative, controversial book, Terry Eagleton takes issue with the prejudice that Marxism is dead and done with. Taking ten 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.

• Marx, Capital, and the Madness of Economic Reason
• Materialism
• Radical Sacrifice
• Security, Territory, Population: Lectures at the Collège de France 1977--1978
• The Racial Contract
• A Brief History of Neoliberalism
• The Populist Persuasion: An American History
• Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
• State and Revolution
• Two Cheers for Anarchism: Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Work and Play