Contiene notas pp. 201-208

Contiene índice temático pp. 211-214

This book, already several years old, concerns a body of work now more than a century old: the writings of Karl Marx. It raises the question whether today we must study Marx as we study Plato, or rather whether Marx's work retains a contemporary value and significance; in other words, whether his work contributes to an elucidation of the contemporary world. Does Marx's work continue to hold for us a historical interest and only a historical interest? Does it represent but an isolated episode in the history of thought and knowledge? Is its importance then only cultural? Or does it remain a key perhaps even the key-to an understanding of modern societies and modern reality?