Charles Derber is Professor of Sociology at Boston College. He is the author of Corporation Nation, Hidden Power and Greed to Green.
"The old ghost has a lot to tell us, so we find out from these
imaginative and compelling conversations in Highgate Cemetery. We
hear from Marx's companions and his sometime adversaries as well.
But especially from the author who guides the conversation, and in
lucid and informative prose draws the curtain from many of the ills
of the world while also directing us to ways to escape from what
might be a grim future. A very valuable and timely contribution."
-- Noam Chomsky
"What would Karl Marx think about Lady Gaga, Facebook, and the Wall
Street-driven economic meltdown? Derber's gift is to bring Marx
alive and engage the worldly philosopher about the great issues of
our contemporary age."
-- Chuck Collins, co-author with Bill Gates, Sr., of Wealth and Our
Commonwealth
"This is a delightful read, in which we meet Marx the humanist,
Marx the supporter of the eight-hour day, Marx before Marxism, as
C. Wright Mills used to say. Charles Derber is in that tradition of
Mills, one who wants to reclaim the real history of the demonized
for a new generation." -- Tom Hayden
"By using a time capsule technique to bring back Karl Marx to the
21st century, Charles Derber engages him in an illuminating
taboo-shredding conversation about economies, workers, corporations
and governments. Derber opens minds, challenges facile assumptions
and liberates conventional inhibitions."
-- Ralph Nader
"Derber proposes practical solutions that are both reformist and
revolutionary in their scope for transforming today's outdated and
unfair system of capitalism. Marx's Ghost is the essential handbook
for social and environmental activists everywhere." -- Jonthan
Steele, columnist for The Guardian
"Thought provoking and accessible, Professor Derber has masterfully
brought Marx's theories to life and made them relevant for all
citizens trying to understand their own social realities. I will be
excited to use Marx's Ghost in courses including social theory,
introduction to sociology, social inequality, and in courses on the
current economic crisis." -- Johnathan White, co-author of The
Engaged Sociologist: Connecting the Classroom to the Community
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