For Michael Markiing --- I asked Harry Cleaver of the University of Texas
to answer your questions --- he is one of the most knowledgeable people I
know about how to teach about Marx and post-Marx Marxism -- here are his
responses:
HARRY;s ideas in red:
(1) Introductions to the works of Karl Marx going beyond Capital. (There
are several good books of the "Reading Capital" variety, but I'm
looking for a survey of his other works.)
A collection of some of his main writings, each with some kind of
introduction or preface, would work. (I want paper, not electronic,
copies, and I need to acquire the works themselves, anyway.)
The first thing that comes to mind is Tucker’s *Marx-Engels Reader
<https://smile.amazon.com/The-Marx-Engels-Reader-Second-Edition/dp/039309040X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2I58F7UTV6OYP&dchild=1&keywords=marx+engels+reader&qid=1610633117&s=books&sprefix=Marx%2Caps%2C195&sr=1-1>*
but
it would also make sense to extract information from biographies that
include discussion of his other writings. See next Q & A. More detailed
expositions/analyses of various important writings can be found in Jeff
Diamanti et al (eds) *The Bloombury Companion to Marx
<https://www.amazon.com/Bloomsbury-Companion-Marx-Companions/dp/147427871X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+bloomsbury+companion+to+marx&qid=1610634536&s=books&sr=1-1>*
(2019).
(2) Biographies of Karl Marx. (Just want to know about the person, his
life, and so on. I realize it's inevitable that such a book would
delve a little bit into his works, but that's not the main point
here.)
One classic “modern” biography (written since the publication of the
*Grundrisse*) is David McLellan’s *Karl Marx: A Biography
<https://smile.amazon.com/Karl-Marx-4th-David-McLellan/dp/1403997292/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=>*
(1973) McLellan not only narrates the life but deals with most major and
many minor writings. More recent biographies (that usually try to one-up
previous ones) include: Francis Wheen, *Karl Marx: A Life
<https://www.amazon.com/Karl-Marx-Life-Francis-Wheen/dp/0393321576> *(1999) and
Jonathan Sperber’s *Karl Marx: A Nineteenth Century Life
<https://www.amazon.com/Karl-Marx-Nineteenth-Century-Jonathan-Sperber/dp/087140737X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Karl+Marx%3A+A+Nineteenth+Century+Life&qid=1610634070&s=books&sr=1-1>*
(2013), Sven-Eric Liedman, *A World to Win: The Life and Works of Karl Marx
<https://www.amazon.com/World-Win-Life-Works-Karl/dp/1786635054/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=A+World+to+Win%3A+The+Life+and+Works+of+Karl+Marx&qid=1610634747&s=books&sr=1-1>*
(2018), and Michael Heinrich, *Karl Marx and the Birth of Modern Society:
Vol. I: 1818-1841
<https://monthlyreview.org/product/karl-marx-and-the-birth-of-modern-society/>*
(2019).
(3) A paper or other summary which addresses what Marxists say, versus
what Marx himself said. (I realize that some things attributed to
Marx or to Marxists aren't really by him or them, although they
might be valid; I'd like to get a sense of who said what. Maybe
there is an introduction to Marxism which would serve this purpose.)
I know of no “paper” that surveys the vast scope of “Marxist” writings,
only books. For example, David McLellan’s *Marxism After Marx
<https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/1403997284/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2>*
(2007) or his *Marxism: Essential Writings
<https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/1626548536/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i13>*
(2014).
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