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Marxism, Class Analysis and Socialist Pluralism (RLE Marxism) - A Theoretical and Political Critique of Marxist Conceptions of Politics (Paperback)
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Marxism, Class Analysis and Socialist Pluralism (RLE Marxism) - A Theoretical and Political Critique of Marxist Conceptions of Politics (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Marxism
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This book, first published in 1986, presents a radical challenge to
socialist orthodoxy, subjecting a key component of that orthodoxy -
Marxism - to sustained criticism. Les Johnston argues that Marxism
cannot provide the foundations for a rigorous socialist theory or
an effective socialist politics. A fundamental element of this
criticism is the suggestion that the problem of 'reductionism'
which has preoccupied Marxists is a red herring. Marxism's problem
is not its reductionism but its theoretical incoherence. Marxism is
not 'deterministic', for there is invariably an indeterminate
relationship between the materialism it invokes and the forms of
politics it adopts. However, materialism is an obstacle to
socialist theory. The contradictions and failures of Marxist class
analysis suggest that the class concept is inadequate to the
demands that socialists continue to place on it. It is not merely
class which is problematic, however, but the conception of
political interests which is associated with it. Even recent
Marxist 'revisionists' who dispense with class primacy are
unwilling to come to terms with the question of how socialist
political interests are constituted. Socialist theory has to
recognise the varied forces and interests on 'the left', and an
effective socialism will have to be a pluralistic one. This means
there can be no general theory of socialism, since a pluralistic
socialism has to be able to adjust to varying social conditions.
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