A history of Marxian economic thought. Volume I, 1883-1929 / M. C. Howard and J. E. King.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howard, Michael Charles, 1945- author.

King, J. E. (John Edward), author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marxian economics--History.

Marxian economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (374 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first volume of this critical history covers the social, political, and theoretical forces behind the development of Marxian economics from Marx's death in 1883 until 1929, the year marking the onset of Stalin's "revolution from above," which subsequently transformed the Soviet Union into a modern superpower. During these years, Marxists in both Russia and Germany found their economic ideas inextricably linked with practical political problems, and treated theory as a guide to action. This book systematically examines the important theoretical literature of the period, including insightful works by political functionaries outside academia--journalists, party organizers, underground activists, and teachers in the labor movement--presented here as the primary forgers of Marxian economic thought.Beginning with Engels's writings, this book analyzes the work of leading Marxist economists in the Second International, then concludes with a review of the intellectual movements within the Marxian political economy during the 1920s. A second volume treating the period from 1929 to the present will follow.Originally published in 1989.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I. The German Contribution, 1883-1914

1. Friedrich Engels and the Marxian Legacy, 1883-95

2. Engels and the 'Prize Essay Competition' in the Theory of Value

3. First Debates in Value Theory, 1895-1914

4. Bernstein, Kautsky and the Revisionist Controversy

5. Finance Capital and Imperialism: Karl Kautsky and Rudolf Hilferding

6. Capital Accumulation, Imperialism and War: Rosa Luxemburg and Otto Bauer

Part II. The Russian Contribution to 1917

7. The Inheritance of Russian Marxism

8. The Political Economy of Plekhanov

9. Populism and Orthodox Marxism in the 1890s

10. Russian Revisionism

11. Lenin's Political Economy, 1905-14

12. Trotsky on Uneven and Combined Development

13. Imperialism and War: Bukharin and Lenin on Monopoly Capitalism, 1914-17

Part III. Social Democracy and Communism, 1917-1929

14. The Revival of Revisionism

15. The Transition to Socialism: Communist Economics, 1917-29

16. Henryk Grossmann and the Breakdown of Capitalism

Conclusion

Index of Names

Index of Subjects

Notes:

Originally published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1989].

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691634241

0691634246

9781400860524

1400860520

OCLC:

884013101