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"Of unexpected popular relevance today when a whole new generation is beginning to ask fundamental questions about man's relationship to nature." -New Society

About the Author

Alfred Schmidt was a German social scientist and the author of History and Structure: An Essay on Hegelian-Marxist and Structuralist Theories of History.

Reviews

A subtle and scholarly treatment of Marx's materialism. Schmidt's work can be recommended as the best treatment of this much misunderstood topic ... Essential reading.
*New Statesman*

Refreshingly free from dictatorial intellectualism ... An exciting scholar.
*Radical Philosophy*

Unexpected popular relevance today when a whole new generation is beginning to ask fundamental questions about man's relationship to nature.
*New Society*