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ISBN: PB: 9783037345450

University of Chicago Press, Diaphanes

September 2015

64 pp.

20.3x15.2 cm

illustrated in colour throughout

PB:
£10,99
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Ghost of Karl Marx

At its most basic, philosophy is about learning how to think about the world around us. It should come as no surprise, then, that children make excellent philosophers! Naturally inquisitive, pint-size scholars need little prompting before being willing to consider life's "big questions", however strange or impractical. Plato & Co. introduces children – and curious grown-ups – to the lives and work of famous philosophers, from Descartes to Socrates, Einstein, Marx, and Wittgenstein. Each book in the series features an engaging – and often funny – story that presents basic tenets of philosophical thought alongside vibrant color illustrations. In "The Ghost of Karl Marx", the philosopher is saddened when the town weavers must sell their cloth cheaply to compete with machines. The farmers too cannot sell their crops and have no money to buy new seeds. Forced to leave their work, the townspeople form an angry crowd in front of the factories, but what is to be done when there are so many hungry people and so few jobs to pay for food to eat? Concealed in one of the weavers' sheets, the philosopher makes a solemn vow to give this story a happy ending by finding the Market, that infernal magician, and ridding the town of him once and for all. Plato & Co. 's clear approach and charming illustrations make this series the perfect addition to any little library.

About the Author

Jean Paul Mongin is a philosopher who lives and works in Paris. He is the editor of the "Plato & Co". series.

Anna Street is the translator for "Plato & Co". She is a PhD candidate at Universite Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne and at the University of Kent.

Yann Le Bras is an illustrator based in Nantes.

Ronan de Calan is assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy at Universite Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne.

Donatien Mary is a Paris-based illustrator and printmaker.

Reviews

"What astonishing Pocket-Marx! Charming and smart, perfect for any children's room revolution and with a lesson for every adult as well" – Suddeutsche Zeitung

"Where existing philosophy books for children typically focus on surveys of ideas or broad historical overviews, the Plato & Co. books take a more 'storied' approach. They take isolated events in the lives of the philosophers to illustrate their theories, aiming to teach a philosophical theory through the experience of reading a traditional picture book" – Publishers Weekly