Many of the leading thinkers on dialectics in the Marxian tradition have collaborated here to put forward and debate challenging new perspectives on the nature and importance of dialectics. The issues dealt with range from the philosophical consideration of the precise nature of dialectical reasoning, to dialectics and economic theory, and to more concrete concerns such as how dialectics can help us think about globalization, freedom, inflation, and subjectivity.

This rich collection brings together distinguished authiors who analyze phases of capitalist development. The contributors represent a wide variety of disciplines and perspectives. They offer powerful analyses of the post-war boom, economic crisis, and globalization within the context of the study of capitalist development.

Many of the leading thinkers on dialectics in the Marxian tradition have collaborated here to put forward and debate challenging new perspectives on the nature and importance of dialectics. The issues dealt with range from the philosophical consideration of the precise nature of dialectical reasoning, to dialectics and economic theory, and to more concrete concerns such as how dialectics can help us think about globalization, freedom, inflation and subjectivity.

In this collection authors from eight different countries, representing a wide variety of academic disciplines and theoretical perspectives, investigate the differing phases of capitalist development. They offer diverse and powerful analyses of the postwar boom, economic crises, and globalization within this context.

In this original study, Robert Albritton offers an authoritative reassessment of Marxist political economy. Original reinterpretations of Hegel, Weber, Althusser, Derrida, and Adorno cast new light on heated battles between Hegelian dialectics and deconstructivist criticism. Drawing upon insights from philosophy, sociology, political science, and critical theory, the book illuminates the theories of dialectics and deconstruction. Albritton finds a non-essentialist way of using the immense cognitive power of dialectics by accepting a limited deconstruction but challenging further deconstructionist directions—a major breakthrough for political economy.