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Palgrave Advances in Continental Political Thought offers an
accessible, introduction to a selection of key individual
continental thinkers from Spinoza to Baudrillard. Covering
'classical' exponents of the continental tradition such as Hegel
and Marx, 'moderns' like Gramsci and Habermas and 'postmoderns'
like Deleuze and Virilio, this book introduces the main ideas of
each thinker and surveys the theoretical and political uses made of
each by contemporary scholars. The breadth and contemporary angle
make this a unique, up-to-date collection on central figures that
will be invaluable to students and teaching staff.
To begin with, rational choice Marxism, promised to construct
historical explanations and social theories with clarity and
rigour. Subsequently, it took a `political turn' in addressing
issues of class and production, and the prospects for electoral
socialism. This anthology commences with the founding classics -
Erik Olin Wright's `What is Analytical Marxism?' and Alan Carling's
spirited challenge to the Marxist establishment - which are
answered with critical responses detailed by Ellen Meiksins Wood
and Michael Burawoy in previously uncollected debates. Also
included are further debates charting the historical progression of
rational choice Marxism. The editors demonstrate that the clarity
and rigour originally promised by the rational choice Marxists was
never in fact achieved, but that rational choice Marxism has
considerably enhanced the theoretical treatment of class and
production in a world of commodification and difference.
This volume offers an accessible, higher-level introduction to a
key selection of individual continental thinkers from Spinoza to
Baudrillard. Covering "classical" exponents of the continental
tradition such as Hegel and Marx, "moderns" like Gramsci and
Habermas and "postmoderns" like Deleuze and Virilio, this book
introduces the main ideas of each thinker and surveys the
theoretical and political uses made of each by contemporary
scholars. The breadth and contemporary angle make this a unique,
up-to-date collection on central figures that will be invaluable to
students and teaching staff.
To begin with, rational choice Marxism, promised to construct
historical explanations and social theories with clarity and
rigour. Subsequently, it took a `political turn' in addressing
issues of class and production, and the prospects for electoral
socialism. This anthology commences with the founding classics -
Erik Olin Wright's `What is Analytical Marxism?' and Alan Carling's
spirited challenge to the Marxist establishment - which are
answered with critical responses detailed by Ellen Meiksins Wood
and Michael Burawoy in previously uncollected debates. Also
included are further debates charting the historical progression of
rational choice Marxism. The editors demonstrate that the clarity
and rigour originally promised by the rational choice Marxists was
never in fact achieved, but that rational choice Marxism has
considerably enhanced the theoretical treatment of class and
production in a world of commodification and difference.
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Marx (Paperback)
T. Carver
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R528
Discovery Miles 5 280
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Karl Marx was the first theorist of a truly global capitalism, and
remains perhaps its most trenchant critic. This clear and
innovative book, from one of the leading contemporary experts on
Marx s thought, gives us a fresh overview of his ideas by framing
them within concepts that remain topical and alive today, from
class struggle and progress to democracy and exploitation. Taking
Marx s work in his pamphleteering, journalism, speeches,
correspondence and published books as central to a renewed
understanding of the man and his politics, both his life experience
and our contemporary political engagements are brought vividly to
life. It shows us the many ways that a 19th century thinker has
been made into the Marx we know today, beginning with his own
self-presentations at crucial moments in his career before moving
on to the successive different Marxes that were later constructed:
an icon of communist revolution, a demonic figure in the Cold War,
a humanist philosopher, and a spectre haunting Occupy Wall Street.
Carver s accessible and lively engagement with all of these Marxes
unpacks the historical, intellectual and political difficulties
that make him sometimes difficult to read and understand, while
also highlighting the distinct areas where his lively and
challenging writings speak very directly to the 21st century world.
It will be essential reading for students and scholars throughout
the social sciences, and anyone interested in the contemporary
legacy of his revolutionary ideas.
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Marx (Hardcover)
T. Carver
bundle available
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R1,565
Discovery Miles 15 650
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Karl Marx was the first theorist of a truly global capitalism, and
remains perhaps its most trenchant critic. This clear and
innovative book, from one of the leading contemporary experts on
Marx s thought, gives us a fresh overview of his ideas by framing
them within concepts that remain topical and alive today, from
class struggle and progress to democracy and exploitation. Taking
Marx s work in his pamphleteering, journalism, speeches,
correspondence and published books as central to a renewed
understanding of the man and his politics, both his life experience
and our contemporary political engagements are brought vividly to
life. It shows us the many ways that a 19th century thinker has
been made into the Marx we know today, beginning with his own
self-presentations at crucial moments in his career before moving
on to the successive different Marxes that were later constructed:
an icon of communist revolution, a demonic figure in the Cold War,
a humanist philosopher, and a spectre haunting Occupy Wall Street.
Carver s accessible and lively engagement with all of these Marxes
unpacks the historical, intellectual and political difficulties
that make him sometimes difficult to read and understand, while
also highlighting the distinct areas where his lively and
challenging writings speak very directly to the 21st century world.
It will be essential reading for students and scholars throughout
the social sciences, and anyone interested in the contemporary
legacy of his revolutionary ideas.
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