Download or read book Marxism and the Good Society written by John P. Burke and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These 1981 essays examine the problems that have arisen from attempts to implement Marx's critical theory, to which the concept of the good society is central. As long as socialist regimes continue to invoke Marx, they subject themselves to the norms contained within Marx's understanding of freedom in a community.