The Philosophy of Marx.

"There is no Marxist philosophy and there never will be," Balibar contends, and yet Marx is now "more important for philosophy than ever before." This is a book both about Marx's philosophizing and about his challenge to philosophy. From the "Theses on Feuerbach" to the Letter to Mikhailovsky", Balibar applies techniques of close critical reading to reveal a multilayered Marx who is simultaneously pre- and trans-philosophical, whose writings are at times tactical interventions in philosophy, and at others significant contributions to theoretical problems. Balibar's stated aim is to show why Marx will be read in the 21st century. In presenting him as a philosopher of "eternal new beginnings",