biMarx's Literary Stylei argues that a true understanding of Marx's work requires a careful study of his literary choicesb pIn iMarx's Literary Stylei, the Venezuelan poet and philosopher Ludovico Silva argues that much of the confusion around Marx's work results from a failure to understand his literary mode of expression. pThrough meticulous readings of key passages in Marx's oeuvre, Silva isolates the key elements of his style his search for an architectonic unity at the level of the text, his capacity to express himself dialectically at the level of the sentence, and, above all, his great gift for metaphor. pSilva's unique sensitivity to Marx's literary choices allows him to illuminate a number of terms that have been persistently, and fatefully, misunderstood by many of Marx's most influential readers, including alienation, reflection, and base and superstructure. At the heart of Silva's book is his contention that we we cannot hope to understand Marx if we treat him as a scientis