Psychoanalyst Erich Fromm saw the philosophy of Marx as rooted in humanist Western philosophical tradition and representing, essentially, "a protest against man's alienation." In this work, originally published in 1961, he paired English translations of Marx's writings laying out the philosophy alongside his own interpretive introduction. The text should interest readers concerned with Marx's thinking as well as those who wish to understand Fromm's project of fusing the theories of Freud and Marx. This work is cited in Books for College Libraries, 3d ed. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)