{"product_id":"9780141024806","title":"Karl Marx : Greatness and Illusion by Gareth Stedman Jones","description":"SHORTLISTED FOR THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY 2017'A deeply original and illuminating account of Marx's journey through  the intellectual history of the nineteenth century... a profound  reappraisal and a gripping read' Christopher Clark, author of The SleepwalkersAs the nineteenth century unfolded, its inhabitants had to come to terms  with an unparalleled range of political, economic, religious and  intellectual challenges. Distances shrank, new towns sprang up, and  ingenious inventions transformed the industrial landscape. It was an era  dominated by new ideas about God, human capacities, industry,  revolution, empires and political systems - and above all, the shape of  the future.   One of the most distinctive and arresting  contributions to this debate was made by Karl Marx, the son of a Jewish  convert in the Rhineland and a man whose entire life was devoted to  making sense of the hopes and fears of the nineteenth century world.  Gareth Stedman Jones's impressive biography explores how Marx came to  his revolutionary ideas in an age of intellectual ferment, and the  impact they had on his times.  In a world where so many things were  changing so fast, would the coming age belong to those enthralled by the  events which had brought this world into being, or to those who feared  and loathed it?This remarkable book allows the reader to  understand as never before the world of ideas which shaped Marx's world -  and in turn made Marx shape our own.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56225020051829,"sku":"9780141024806","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780141024806.jpg?v=1762228126","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780141024806","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}