Marxism, the Millenium and Beyond

✍ Scribed by Mark Cowling, Paul Reynolds

• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 331
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This collection investigates the "state of play" in studies informed by Marxism. It includes an essay on state theory by Bob Jessop, a discussion of fundamental socialist values using analytical Marxism by Alan Carling, an introduction to Fromm's humanist Marxism by Lawrence Wilde, and pieces on Marxism and ecology, Marxism and feminism, the debate between Marxists and post Marxists, the democratic Marxism of Hal Draper, the confrontation between Marxism and Liberalism, and Marxism's place in the history of political thought.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Table and Figures......Page 8
Preface......Page 9
Acknowledgement......Page 10
Abbreviation: Marx and Engels, Collected Works......Page 11
Notes on the Contributors......Page 12
1 Introduction: Marxism at the Millennium and Beyond?......Page 14
Part 1 Towards a Feasible Socialist Politics......Page 40
2 What do Socialists Want?......Page 42
3 The Ethical Marxism of Erich Fromm......Page 68
4 The Ethical Post-Marxism of Alasdair MacIntyre......Page 87
5 Habermas on Theory and Political Practice......Page 110
Part 2 Marxism and the State......Page 130
6 Recent Developments in State Theory: Approaches, Issues, Agendas......Page 132
7 Marxism, Liberalism and State Theory......Page 159
8 Class Struggle and Revolution in Eastern Europe: The Case of Poland......Page 174
Part 3 Developing Marxist Politics at the Millennium......Page 194
9 Trotsky, Trotskyism and the Future......Page 196
10 Democratic Marxism: the Legacy of Hal Draper......Page 212
11 Femininities: a Way of Linking Socialism and Feminism?......Page 234
12 Development of the Productive Forces: An Ecological Analysis......Page 249
Part 4 Marxism and Post-Marxism......Page 268
13 Post-Marxism: Radical Political Theory and Practice Beyond Marxism?......Page 270
14 The Post-Marxist Critique of Marxism: The Case of Agnes Heller......Page 293
15 ‘Not Dead Yet’: Marxism and Political Theory in the Era of Post-Communism......Page 312
B......Page 324
E......Page 325
G......Page 326
L......Page 327
M......Page 328
R......Page 329
W......Page 330