Magical Marxism : subversive politics and the imagination / Andy Merrifield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Merrifield, Andy.

Series:

Marxism and culture.

Marxism and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communism--History--21st century.

Communism.

Communism and society.

Physical Description:

xx, 220 p.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Pluto Press ; New York : Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

*Shortlisted for the Bread and Roses Prize, 2012* Andy Merrifield breathes new life into the Marxist tradition. Magical Marxism demands something more of orthodox Marxism - something more interesting and liberating. It asks that we imagine a Marxism that moves beyond debates about class, the role of the state and the dictatorship of the proletariat. In escaping the formalist straitjacket of typical Marxist critique, Merrifield argues for a reconsideration of Marxism and its potential, applying previously unexplored approaches to Marxist thinking that will reveal vital new modes of political activism and debate. This book will provoke and inspire in equal measure. It gives us a Marxism for the 21st century, which offers dramatic new possibilities for political engagement.

Contents:

The circulation of revolt : real and fictitious Marxism

Living an illusion : beyond the reality of realism

Subscribing to the imaginary party : notes on a politics of neo-communism

Spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling : activism and immateriality

Militant optimism and the great escape from capitalism

Macondo of the mind : imagination seizes power

Butterflies, owls, and little gold fishes : conjuring up revolutionary magic.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781783710904

178371090X

9781849645782

1849645787

OCLC:

742575024