Making Sense of Marx
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Making Sense of Marx is a major work of political philosophy by Jon Elster that offers a rigorous, analytical reconstruction and critique of Karl Marx’s theories.
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Target entity: Making Sense of Marx Context triple: [Analytical Marxism, hasKeyWork, Making Sense of Marx]
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A.
The Decomposition of Marxism
The Decomposition of Marxism is a 1908 work by French theorist Georges Sorel that critically examines and challenges orthodox Marxist doctrine, helping to shape later revolutionary syndicalist and anti-determinist thought.
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Karl Marx and the Close of His System
"Karl Marx and the Close of His System" is a seminal 1896 critique by Austrian economist Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk that challenges the internal consistency and value theory of Karl Marx’s economic system.
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C.
The Ethical Dimensions of Marxist Thought
The Ethical Dimensions of Marxist Thought is a scholarly work by Cornel West that explores the moral and philosophical foundations and implications of Marxist theory.
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D.
Socialism Re-examined
Socialism Re-examined is a political work by American socialist leader Norman Thomas in which he reassesses and defends democratic socialism in the mid-20th century context.
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E.
Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis
Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis is a seminal 1922 treatise by economist Ludwig von Mises that offers a comprehensive critique of socialist economic planning and defends the efficiency of market-based capitalism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Making Sense of Marx Target entity description: Making Sense of Marx is a major work of political philosophy by Jon Elster that offers a rigorous, analytical reconstruction and critique of Karl Marx’s theories.
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A.
The Decomposition of Marxism
The Decomposition of Marxism is a 1908 work by French theorist Georges Sorel that critically examines and challenges orthodox Marxist doctrine, helping to shape later revolutionary syndicalist and anti-determinist thought.
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B.
Karl Marx and the Close of His System
"Karl Marx and the Close of His System" is a seminal 1896 critique by Austrian economist Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk that challenges the internal consistency and value theory of Karl Marx’s economic system.
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C.
The Ethical Dimensions of Marxist Thought
The Ethical Dimensions of Marxist Thought is a scholarly work by Cornel West that explores the moral and philosophical foundations and implications of Marxist theory.
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D.
Socialism Re-examined
Socialism Re-examined is a political work by American socialist leader Norman Thomas in which he reassesses and defends democratic socialism in the mid-20th century context.
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E.
Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis
Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis is a seminal 1922 treatise by economist Ludwig von Mises that offers a comprehensive critique of socialist economic planning and defends the efficiency of market-based capitalism.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ work of political philosophy ⓘ |
| about |
Marxist economic theory
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class struggle ⓘ exploitation ⓘ functional explanation in social science ⓘ historical materialism ⓘ ideology ⓘ methodology of the social sciences ⓘ rational choice theory ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
Marxist studies
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history of political thought ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ political theory ⓘ social philosophy ⓘ |
| author | Jon Elster ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Norway ⓘ |
| criticizes |
deterministic interpretations of historical materialism
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functional explanations without microfoundations ⓘ teleological explanations in Marxism ⓘ |
| genre |
Marxist theory
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analytic philosophy ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| hasEdition | paperback edition ⓘ |
| hasPart |
analysis of Marxist economics
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analysis of class theory ⓘ analysis of historical materialism ⓘ analysis of ideology ⓘ critique of functional explanation ⓘ discussion of rational choice and Marxism ⓘ |
| hasReception |
considered a major work on Marx by analytic philosophers
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widely discussed in analytic Marxism ⓘ |
| influenced | analytic Marxism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Karl Marx ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
rigorous analytical reconstruction of Marx’s theories
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systematic critique of Karl Marx ⓘ use of rational choice methods in Marxist analysis ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | analytic Marxism ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| publisher | Cambridge University Press ⓘ |
| usedAs |
reference work in Marxist scholarship
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university textbook in political philosophy ⓘ |
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