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...and the use of approaches drawing upon his legacy have declined precipitously, as if by some absurd logic that what might be of value in his work depended on the viability of totalitarian state socialism. This dismissal of Marx's project is mistake. Arguably more than any other major figure in the history of social thought, Marx struggled to grasp the full scope of humanity's history and potential.

Although Marx is generally thought of first and foremost as a political economist, his focus was far broader than the concern with the problem of scarcity. He insisted that we must address how our struggle with the economic problem of scarcity is causally and dynamically connected to our social organization and to our social consciousness. Relatedly, and far more alien to the tradition of Anglo-American social science, he studied our self-creation--the manner in which phenomena of...

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