Marxism and Democracy

Zusatztext a densely argued and provocative text Informationen zum Autor Joseph B. Femia is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Liverpool University, and is the author of Gramsci's Political Thought. Klappentext Dr. Femia explains why Marxism's internal contradictions have always, in practice, been 'solved' through the imposition of despotic modes of government. Zusammenfassung The collapse of the Soviet Union would seem to sound the death knell for Marxism as a blueprint for social change. Why has this doctrine - the repository of so many hopes and dreams - failed in its grand ambition to liberate the human race from poverty and oppression? Through a critical and systematic analysis of what Marx and his disciples had to say about democracy, Joseph Femia sheds light on the reasons for this failure.

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• Authors: Joseph V. Femia, Joseph V. (Senior Lecturer in Political The Femia, Joseph V. Dr Femia, Femia Joseph V.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.06.1993
• EAN: 9780198279211
• ISBN: 978-0-19-827921-1
• No. of pages: 194
• Series: Marxist Introductions
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Constitution: government & the state, Marxism & Communism, Constitution: government and the state