{"product_id":"the-usefulness-of-crime-9781967751525","title":"The Usefulness of Crime","description":"In this incendiary fragment, Karl Marx turns bourgeois morality on its head. Crime, he argues, is not merely a social ill but a paradoxical engine of productivity--spawning law codes, police forces, professors, pulpits, and even literature. With biting irony and dialectical flair, Marx reveals how transgression fuels the very order that condemns it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKarl Marx (1818-1883) was a German philosopher, economist, and revolutionary thinker best known for developing the theory of historical materialism. He co-authored \u003ci\u003eThe Communist Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e with Friedrich Engels, calling for the overthrow of capitalist systems and the emancipation of the working class.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Eris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764003832082,"sku":"9781967751525","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d39aff13-bda3-4772-bfbb-e736ee212e63.jpg?v=1764749440","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-usefulness-of-crime-9781967751525","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}