Marxism Recycled

Klappentext Van Parijs defends the notion of a 'capitalist road to communism'! remaining true to the Marxian ideal while embracing capitalism. Zusammenfassung The essays collected in this book examine the structure and potential of historical materialism as a general theory of social change. They draw on the lessons of the failure of Marxist crisis theory! and show how a rejuvenated notion of exploitation can illuminate the analysis of the class structure of welfare state capitalism or the assessment of international migration. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. A New Start for Historical Materialism?: 1. From contradiction to catastrophe; 2. Marxism's central puzzle; Part II. Crisis Theory Shattered: 3. A rational reconstruction by way of obituary; 4. Why Marxist economics needs microfoundations; Part III. Exploitation Rejuvenated: 5. Exploitation and the libertarian challenge; 6. A revolution in class theory; 7. Marxism and migration; Part IV. Forward without Socialism: 8. A capitalist road to communism; 9. Universal grants versus socialism; 10. In defence of abundance; Envoi: the greening of Marx.

Product details

• Authors: Philippe Van Parijs, Philippe Van Parijs
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.10.2009
• EAN: 9780521122146
• ISBN: 978-0-521-12214-6
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Studies in Marxism and Social; Studies in Marxism and Social Theory
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies