Much of discussion of  Marxism today revolves round the problems of alienation.
The author shows how the concept was central to Marx's whole development of a critique of society,from the early maanuscripts to Capital,aand counters the view that there is a philisophically-orienterd 'young Marx' and a 'mature Marx' concerned with 'economic determinnism'.
The significance of Marxiaantheory of alienation is assessed in its proper perspectives: in development impact of Marx's work as a whole.
In His approach to the subject ,Dr Meszaros shows the same wide-ranging insights as his former teacher,Georg Lukas.