Marx ─ An Introduction

According to Michel Henry, no thinker has been more influential than Marx, and no one has been more misunderstood. With his characteristic clarity and elegance, Henry seeks to pull out the philosophical heart of Marx's work and the reasons this complex philosophy has so often been simplified, distorted and obscured.

Marx: an Introduction is not just a recovery of the theoretical centre of Marx's thinking, but also a brilliant introduction to the work of Marx in general; concise and punchy without glossing over the difficult material, it provides a totally fresh reading of Marx's corpus.

Michel Henry shares with Marx a concern for the living work and the living individual and this shared preoccupation is brilliantly conveyed throughout the book. An essential read for those wrestling with Marx for the first time, and those looking for a new way to approach well-trodden territory.

Michel Henry (1922-2002) was a leading French philosopher and novelist. He was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Montpellier, France and the author of five novels and numerous philosophical works, including From Communism to Capitalism (Bloomsbury 2014).

Kristien Justaert is a postdoctoral fellow of the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven, where she is a member of the Centre for Liberation Theologies. Her research is situated in the domains of philosophical theology and liberation theologies. She is the author of Theology After Deleuze (Bloomsbury 2012) and currently investigates and publishes on Michel Henry's interpretation of Marx and its relevance for liberation theology.