A World to Win: The Life and Works of Karl Marx
by Sven-Eric Liedman  (Author), Jeffrey N. Skinner (Translator)

About the Author
Sven-Eric Liedman, Professor Emeritus of the History of Ideas at the University of Gothenburg, has been reading and writing about Karl Marx for over fifty years. His textbook on political ideologies (originally titled From Plato to Lenin in 1972, rechristened From Plato to the War Against Terrorism in 2014) has been through fourteen editions.

About this book
Epic new biography of Karl Marx for the 200th anniversary of his birth
In this essential new biography—the first to give equal weight to both the work and life of Karl Marx—Sven-Eric Liedman expertly navigates the imposing, complex personality of his subject through the turbulent passages of global history. A World to Win follows Marx through childhood and student days, a difficult and sometimes tragic family life, his far-sighted journalism, and his enduring friendship and intellectual partnership with Friedrich Engels.
Building on the work of previous biographers, Liedman employs a commanding knowledge of the nineteenth century to create a definitive portrait of Marx and his vast contribution to the way the world understands itself. He shines a light on Marx’s influences, explains his political and intellectual interventions, and builds on the legacy of his thought. Liedman shows how Marx’s masterpiece, Capital, illuminates the essential logic of a system that drives dizzying wealth, grinding poverty, and awesome technological innovation to this day.
Compulsively readable and meticulously researched, A World to Win demonstrates that, two centuries after Marx’s birth, his work remains the bedrock for any true understanding of our political and economic condition.

Brief contents
1. The Great Project
2. The Time of Revolutions
3. The Darling of Fortune
4. In Paris
5. The Manuscripts
6. The Years of Ruptures
7. The Manifesto and the Revolutions
8. Difficult Times, Difficult Losses
9. Journalist on Two Continents
10. The Most Intensive Effort
11. The Unfinished Masterpiece
12. Twin Souls or a Tragic Mistake?
13. Marx the Politician
14. Statues, Malicious Portraits, and the Work
Postscript
Marx Chronology
Notes
Index

Length: 768 pages
Publisher: Verso (May 1, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1786635046
ISBN-13: 978-1786635044