This book develops and extends the unorthodox view that there are deeper philosophical commonalities between Marx and Wittgenstein than may at first be apparent.

Introduction, Gavin Kitching; Part 1 Conventional wisdoms; Chapter 1 Ernest Gellner's criticisms of Wittgenstein and ordinary language philosophy, T.P. Uschanov; Part 2 Commonalities; Chapter 2 Marx and Wittgenstein as natural historians, Ted Schatzki; Chapter 3 Marx and Wittgenstein, David Rubinstein; Chapter 4 Commodity fetishism as a form of life, David Andrews; Chapter 5 Marx, Wittgenstein and postmodernism, Terrell Carver; Part 3 Wittgenstein and Sraffa; Chapter 6 Sraffa's influence on Wittgenstein, Keiran Sharpe; Chapter 7 A Marxist influence on Wittgenstein via Sraffa, John B. Davis; Part 4 Disjunctions; Chapter 8 Wittgenstein, Winch and Marx, Ted Benton; Chapter 9 Towards a critical use of Marx and Wittgenstein, Nigel Pleasants; Part 5 Forerunners; Chapter 10 Towards a Marxian use of Wittgenstein, Ferruccio Rossi-Landi; Chapter 11 Remarks on Marxism and the philosophy of language, Joachim Israel; Part 6 Knowledge, morality and politics; Chapter 12 Marxism and reflexivity, Gavin Kitching; Chapter 13 Marx and Wittgenstein on vampires and parasites, Rupert Read; Chapter 14 Beyond Marx and Wittgenstein, K.T. Fann;