Magical Marxism - Subversive Politics and the Imagination

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Merrifield is the author of The Urbanization of Injustice, Dialectical Urbanism: Social Struggles in the Capitalist City, and Metromarxism: A Marxist Tale of the City . Klappentext Following his hugely popular book, "The Wisdom of Donkeys," Andy Merrifield breathes new life into the Marxist tradition. "Magical Marxism" demands something more of traditional Marxism -- something more interesting and liberating. It asks that we imagine a Marxism that moves beyond debates about class, the role of the state and the dictatorship of the proletariat. In escaping the formalist straitjacket of orthodox Marxist critique, Merrifield argues for a reconsideration of Marxism and its potential, applying previously unexplored approaches to Marxist thinking that will reveal vital new modes of political activism and debate. This book will provoke and inspire in equal measure. It gives us a Marxism for the 21st century, which offers dramatic new possibilities for political engagement. Zusammenfassung Escaping the formalist straitjacket of typical Marxist critique.

Product details

• Authors: Andy Merrifield, Andy (Visiting Research Associate) Merrifield
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.02.2011
• EAN: 9780745330600
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3060-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Marxism and Culture; Marxism and Culture
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education