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This title was first published in 1978: Communism aims at putting
working people in charge of their lives. A multiplicity of
Councils, rather than a big state bureaucracy is needed to empower
working people and to focus control over society. Mattick develops
a theory of a council communism through his survey of the history
of the left in Germany and Russia. He challenges Bolshevik
politics: especially their perspectives on questions of Party and
Class, and the role of Trade Unions. Mattick argues that a??The
revolutions which succeeded, first of all, in Russia and China,
were not proletarian revolutions in the Marxist sense, leading to
the a??association of free and equal producersa??, but
state-capitalist revolutions, which were objectively unable to
issue into socialism. Marxism served here as a mere ideology to
justify the rise of modified capitalist systems, which were no
longer determined by market competition but controlled by way of
the authoritarian state. Based on the peasantry, but designed with
accelerated industrialisation to create an industrial proletariat,
they were ready to abolish the traditional bourgeoisie but not
capital as a social relationship. This type of capitalism had not
been foreseen by Marx and the early Marxists, even though they
advocated the capture of state-power to overthrow the bourgeoisie
a?? but only in order to abolish the state itself.a??
Originally published in 1978, the essays in this text discuss
issues surrounding inflation, governmental roles in economic
matters and varying economic systems and theories with a particular
lean towards discussing capitalism evaluating how all of these
factors affect the economic state of America. Mattick takes on the
view that Economics is not an exact science and calls into question
its predictive powers and as such, emphasises the issues that he
felt needed most attention at the time of writing. This title will
be of interest to students of economics and politics.
This title was first published in 1978: Communism aims at putting
working people in charge of their lives. A multiplicity of
Councils, rather than a big state bureaucracy is needed to empower
working people and to focus control over society. Mattick develops
a theory of a council communism through his survey of the history
of the left in Germany and Russia. He challenges Bolshevik
politics: especially their perspectives on questions of Party and
Class, and the role of Trade Unions. Mattick argues that a??The
revolutions which succeeded, first of all, in Russia and China,
were not proletarian revolutions in the Marxist sense, leading to
the a??association of free and equal producersa??, but
state-capitalist revolutions, which were objectively unable to
issue into socialism. Marxism served here as a mere ideology to
justify the rise of modified capitalist systems, which were no
longer determined by market competition but controlled by way of
the authoritarian state. Based on the peasantry, but designed with
accelerated industrialisation to create an industrial proletariat,
they were ready to abolish the traditional bourgeoisie but not
capital as a social relationship. This type of capitalism had not
been foreseen by Marx and the early Marxists, even though they
advocated the capture of state-power to overthrow the bourgeoisie
a?? but only in order to abolish the state itself.a??
Keynesian economics claimed to have overcome the problem of
economic depressions. However, as Mattick argues that crises are
inherent within capitalism and that neither the market nor
Keynesianism can stop "the steady deterioration of the economy".
Written in 1974, Economic Crisis and Crisis Theory is one of
Mattick's most valuable contributions to the Marxist critique of
political economy and radical theory in general.
Drawing upon released documents, memoirs and party-history works,
the process and impact of the political campaigns in China between
1950 and 1965 is documented. Complete with extensive interviews
with Chinese scholars and former officials, the book reviews the
findings of the first edition.
In this volume, international experts analyse the politics of
conventional military policy and military relations among the
Soviet successor states. The work analyses various national
perspectives on security and approaches to military affairs
This collection of essays explores the rise of aesthetics as a
response to, and as a part of, the reshaping of the arts in modern
society. The theories of art developed under the name of
'aesthetics' in the eighteenth century have traditionally been
understood as contributions to a field of study in existence since
the time of Plato. If art is a practice to be found in all human
societies, then the philosophy of art is the search for universal
features of that practice, which can be stated in definitions of
art and beauty. However, art as we know it - the system of 'fine
arts' - is largely peculiar to modern society. Aesthetics, far from
being a perennial discipline, emerged in an effort both to
understand and to shape this new social practice. These essays
share the conviction that aesthetic ideas can be fully understood
when seen not only in relation to intellectual and social contexts,
but as themselves constructed in history.
This collection of essays explores the rise of aesthetics as a response to, and as a part of, the reshaping of the arts in modern society. The theories of art developed under the name of ‘aesthetics’ in the eighteenth century have traditionally been understood as contributions to a field of study in existence since the time of Plato. If art is a practice to be found in all human societies, then the philosophy of art is the search for universal features of that practice, which can be stated in definitions of art and beauty. However, art as we know it - the system of ‘fine arts’ - is largely peculiar to modern society. Aesthetics, far from being a perennial discipline, emerged in an effort both to understand and to shape this new social practice. These essays share the conviction that aesthetic ideas can be fully understood when seen not only in relation to intellectual and social contexts, but as themselves constructed in history.
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