Description: This book advances and enriches the debates and discussions about the value of art. It offers a close reading of passages from Marx's entire body of work and an engaging and accessible narrative of the beginnings, development and discoveries of Marx's thoughts on art.
Brief description: Ali Alizadeh is Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies and Creative Writing at Monash University. He is the author of eight books of fiction and poetry and has also published widely on contemporary Continental philosophy.
Review Quotes: "Clearly written and refreshingly practical in its focus on what artists can do with their art, Marx and Art strips aside the cumulative weight of subsequent Marxist theorising and returns to the humanist core of the young Marx's own work. For Alizadeh, art is neither a cultural commodity nor an ideological superstructure, but rather a model of unalienated labour. Highly recommended." --Andrew Milner, Author of Contemporary Cultural Theory, Literature. Culture and Society