Tag: marx
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The Micro-Politics of Capital: Marx and the Prehistory of the Present
Jason Read’s The Micro-Politics of Capital: Marx and the Prehistory of the Present is a ground-breaking philosophical work that reconfigures Marx’s historical materialism through the prism of contemporary interrogations into subjectivity, illuminating the production of desire, belief, and knowledge under capitalism. This ambitious project bridges the divide between classical Marxism and poststructuralist thought, revealing their…
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Value, Money and Capital: The Critique of Political Economy and Contemporary Capitalism
In Value, Money and Capital: The Critique of Political Economy and Contemporary Capitalism, Guido Starosta, Gastón Caligaris, and Alejandro Fitzsimons re-examine the core tenets in Marx’s theory, offering a critical intervention into the field of political economy and the study of contemporary capitalism. The book serves as both a painstaking theoretical reconstruction and a contemporary…
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The Negative of Capital: The Marxian Concept of Economic Crisis
In The Negative of Capital: The Marxian Concept of Economic Crisis, Jorge Grespan undertakes an extraordinary examination of the concept of crisis as developed in Karl Marx’s Capital and its preparatory manuscripts. Rather than treating crises as isolated, incidental phenomena, Grespan reorients the discussion by positing crisis as the very negative of the concept of…
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Essays on Marx’s Capital: Summaries, Appreciations and Reconstructions
Geert Reuten’s Essays on Marx’s Capital: Summaries, Appreciations and Reconstructions is an erudite, detailed exploration of Karl Marx’s magnum opus Capital. This collection of 21 essays, written between 1991 and 2019, illuminates the intricacies of Marx’s systematic-dialectical method and the monetary value-form analysis that undergirds his critique of political economy. Reuten’s work does not merely…
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Western Marxism and the Soviet Union: A Survey of Critical Theories and Debates Since 1917
Marcel van der Linden’s Western Marxism and the Soviet Union is an exhaustive, rigorous examination of the theoretical responses within Western Marxism to the Soviet Union’s evolution from its inception through the Cold War and beyond. The “Russian Question”—the ideological, economic, and political nature of Soviet society—was central to the larger Marxist dialogue, compelling intellectuals…
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Karl Korsch: A Study in Western Marxism
Karl Korsch: A Study in Western Marxism by Patrick Goode provides an analysis of Karl Korsch’s intellectual journey, his engagement with revolutionary Marxism, and his unique contribution to Marxist theory within the context of 20th-century European politics. This study explores Korsch’s revolutionary praxis, particularly his belief that Marxism is not merely an interpretative framework for…
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The Breakdown of Capitalism: A History of the Idea in Western Marxism, 1883-1983
F.R. Hansen’s The Breakdown of Capitalism: A History of the Idea in Western Marxism, 1883-1983 offers a richly layered and deeply critical examination of the complex intellectual tradition surrounding the theories of capitalism’s breakdown within Western Marxist thought. Written in 1985, Hansen’s work situates itself as both a historical study and a philosophical investigation, tracing…
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