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Andrew Pendakis powerfully demonstrates how living a Marxist life provides the purpose, comradery, and joy that a new generation is seeking. In place of capitalism's isolation and self-interest, we develop modes of belonging that inspire and enrich us in ways we could never have imagined. In place of the shallow thrills of consumption, we produce deeper, relationships born out of the struggle for a better world. Marxist politics demands commitment and supplies meaning -- exactly what so many are searching for today. An indispensable book for our moment. * Jodi Dean, Author of Comrade: An Essay on Political Belonging (2019) * How does it feel to be a Marxist? This rarely asked question sets Andrew Pendakis on an exhilarating voyage of discovery. From the sadness we feel at lives squandered due to the deadening numbness and shocking violence of capitalism, Living a Marxist Life also takes us to the ecstatic highs of solidarity, social understanding, and the collective struggle for a new and better world. The latter, Pendakis reminds us, are among the pleasures that make the Marxist experience so uplifting. Do yourself a favor and spend time with this lively, provocative, and indispensable text. * David McNally, author of Monsters of the Market: Zombies, Vampires,and Global Capitalism (2011) *

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Andrew Pendakis is Associate Professor of Theory and Rhetoric at Brock University, Canada. He is co-editor of Marx and Marxism: Contemporary Marxist Theory: A Reader (Bloomsbury, 2014) and The Bloomsbury Companion to Marx (Bloomsbury, 2018). He is also co-editor of The Johns Hopkins Guide to Critical and Cultural Theory (forthcoming 2023).

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