Introducing Marxism / Rupert Woodfin and Oscar Zarate ; edited by Richard Appignanesi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woodfin, Rupert, author.

Contributor:

Zarate, Oscar, 1942- illustrator.

Appignanesi, Richard, editor.

Series:

Introducing (Thriplow, England)

Introducing

A graphic guide

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communism.

Communism--History.

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.

Marx, Karl.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, U.K. : Icon Books ; [New York, N.Y.] : Totem Books, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Was Marx himself a 'Marxist'? Was his visionary promise of socialism betrayed by Marxist dictatorship? Is Marxism inevitably totalitarian? What did Marx really say? This book provides a fundamental account of Karl Marx's original philosophy, its roots in 19th century European ideology, and his radical economic and social criticism of capitalism.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; The Origins; The Communist Manifesto; Brief Life of Marx; Meeting Engels; The Exile, Agitator and Writer; Understanding Marx's Theories; Three Roots of Marxian Theory; Hegel's View of History; The Reality of Ideas; The Philosopher's Role; The Dialectic; The Dialectic in Practice; The Dialectic in Progress; Thesis, Antithesis, Synthesis; The First Law; The Second Law; The Third Law; The Marxian Dialectic; A Materialist World; Modernist Optimism; Dialectical Materialism; The Three Stages; The Productive Forces; The Productive Relations; Class Antagonisms

Substructure and SuperstructureA Question of Economics; Classical British Economics; What is a Commodity?; The Means of Production; The Problem of Profit; The Production System; Variable Capital and Labour Exploitation; Absolute Surplus Value; Relative Surplus Value; The Contradiction of Capitalism; The Prophecy; Organizing Capitalism's Downfall; Consciousness of Alienation; The Nature of Alienation; Understanding Alienation; The Fetish Concept; The Categorical Imperative; Money Speaks for Us; Birth of the Communist Party; Is Marxism really "Scientific"?; The Evolution of Capitalism

The Long Road to RevolutionThe First International; The Paris Commune, 1871; End of the International; Towards the Second International; The Second International Membership; Weaknesses of the Second International; The Phase of Economism; Russian Marxism; Looking Ahead; Russia's Revolutionary History; Lenin's Bolshevik Faction; Trotsky's Permanent Revolution; Lenin's Revolutionary Marxism; The Age of Imperialism; A New Theory of International Revolution; Experience of Imperialism at War; The Two Revolutions of 1917; The October Revolution; The Vanguard Communist Party

The Reality of Communist ControlThe Struggle for Leadership; Stalin's Dictatorship; Why Did It "Go Wrong"?; Democracy Aborted; Lenin's Legacy; The Conditions of Russia; The Soviet Bloc; Socialism in One Country; Stalin's Conception of Marxism; The Cold War; Third World Marxism; The Failure of Marxism; Gramsci Confronts Fascism; Ideology and Hegemony; Culture, Ideology and Hegemony; Control of Hegemony; Revolution and Democratic Society; The Frankfurt School; Critical Theory in Dark Times; Critical Theory of the Media; Social Research for Revolution; The Hegemonic Role of Culture

Althusser's Anti-HumanismThe Shift to Postmodernism; The Turning-Point in Marxism; "Is Anyone There?"; In a Post-Industrial Era; Seeing the Patterns; The End of History; Conflicts are in Progress; Deconstructing the End; Against "Truth Claims"; The Spirit of the Letter; Raising Marx's Ghost; Marxism as an Ethical Programme; Defining Post-Marxism; By Way of Difference; The Dance of Différance; Post-Marxist Antagonisms; Antagonisms are Situated; The State and Civil Society; Natural "Agonistic Pluralism"; Where do we end?; Key Words in This Text; Further Reading; About the Author; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611371920

9781848317635

9781281371928

1281371920

9781840464672

1840464674

OCLC:

527378878