How to change the world : Marx and Marxism, 1840-2011 / Eric Hobsbawm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. I MARX AND ENGELS 1. Marx Today 2. Marx, Engels and pre-Marxian Socialism 3. Marx, Engels and Politics 4. On Engels' The Condition of the Working Class in England 5. On the Communist Manifesto 6. Discovering the Grundrisse 7. Marx on pre-Capitalist Formations 8. Fortunes of Marx's and Engels' Writings part II MARXISM 9. Dr Marx and the Victorian Critics 10. Influence of Marxism 1880-1914 11. In the Era of Anti-fascism 1929 45 12. Gramsci 13. Reception of Gramsci 14. Influence of Marxism 1945-83 15. Marxism in Recession 1983-2000 16. Marx and Labour: the Long Century.

In the 144 years since Karl Marx's Das Kapital was published, the doctrine that bears his name has been embraced by millions in the name of equality, and just as dramatically has fallen from grace with the retreat of communism from the western world. But as the free market reaches its extreme limits in the economic and environmental fallout, a reassessment of capitalism's most vigorous and eloquent enemy has never been more timely. Eric Hobsbawm provides a fascinating and insightful overview of Marxism. He investigates its influences and analyses the spectacular reversal of Marxism's fortunes over the past thirty years.