Socialism and Commodity Production : Essay in Marx Revival.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paresh Chattopadhyay

Series:

Historical Materialism Book Series 165.

Historical materialism book series ; Volume 165

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Socialism--21st century.

Socialism.

Commercial products.

Marxian economics.

Capitalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2018.

Summary:

‘Socialism’ is a word that is now habitually taken to refer to a particular social system that prevailed in different parts of the globe during the twentieth century. This system was defined primarily by single-party rule with public (mainly state) ownership of the means of production along with a centrally planned economy. Its material base was generalised commodity production. The spokespersons of this system claim that this socialism was derived from Marx. Paresh Chattopadhyay’s Socialism and Commodity Production argues the falsity of this claim. On the basis of a comprehensive study of Marx's own texts, as well as a detailed engagement with a wide variety of theorists of socialist economics, it shows that Marx's socialism constituted an ‘Association’ of free individuals in which private ownership, the commodity, wage labour and the state have no place.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright Page

Dedication

Preface

Prologue

On Socialism: Association of Free Individuals

Commodity Production

Simple Commodity Production

Commodity Production and Socialism in Marx’s Followers

On Socialist Accounting

Anarchist Communism

Concerning Guild Socialism

On Market Socialism

The Problematic of a Non-capitalist Road to Socialism

Epilogue. Illusion of the Epoch: Twentieth-Century Socialism

Back Matter

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

90-04-37751-4

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004377516 DOI