Marxs Politics : Communists and Citizens / Alan Gilbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilbert, Alan, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Alan Gilbert challenges those who understand Marx's general theory in purely economic terms, who have avoided Marx's striking historical explanations, his political activity, and his theoretical arguments about why differing radical strategies can make a fateful difference in historical outcomes.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

I Introduction

PART ONE. Marx's Strategy and Organizing before 1848

II The French Revolution and Marx's Strategy

III Chartism and Marx's Second Revolutionary Strategy

IV Marx's Organizing and the League of the just

V Marx and Proudhon

VI Philosophy and the Proletariat: A Dual Path

VII Marx's Organizing in Brussels and Germany

VIII The Communist Manifesto and Marx's Strategies

PART TWO. Marx in the German Revolution

IX Marx's Internationalism

X Marx’s Strategy for Germany: The French Revolution Radicalized

PART THREE. Reevaluations after the Revolution

XI Marx and the Peasants

XII Marx and the State

XIII Revolutionary Party versus Conspiracy

XIV Conclusion

Appendix: Demands of the Communist Party in Germany

List of Historical Figures

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)

ISBN:

1-68585-938-0

OCLC:

1334344301