Marx Returns

Author : Jason Barker
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781785356612

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Marx Returns by Jason Barker Pdf

Karl Marx is a revolutionary. He is not alone. It is November 1849 and London is full of them: a bunch of fanatical dreamers trying to change the world. Persecuted by a tyrannical housekeeper and ignored by his sexually liberated wife, Marx immerses himself in his writing, believing that his book on capital is the surest way of ushering in the workers’ revolution and his family out of poverty. But when a mysterious figure begins to take an obsessive interest in his work Marx’s revolutionary journey takes an unexpected turn... Marx Returns combines historical fiction, psychological mystery, philosophy, differential calculus and extracts from Marx and Engels's collected works to reimagine the life and times of one of history's most exceptional minds, in this next fiction offering from Zero Books.

Author : Adolf A. Berle (Jr.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UCAL:$B666797

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If Marx Were to Return by Adolf A. Berle (Jr.) Pdf

Author : Tor Claussen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Capitalism
ISBN : 1536176966

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A Return to Marx - and Then Beyond by Tor Claussen Pdf

"Capitalism - Marx and Beyond" examines the current bourgeoisie capitalism. Capitalism is addressed as a unique concrete historically reality. This mode of production inherits traditional pre modern social forms that are cultivated as national identities. National sentiments are expressed as honor of possessions that are identified through diverse "we" and preserved as "our values". Capitalism transforms and modifies such pre modern heritages into an undistinguishable mix of both modern and pre modern social forms. Focus in this book will be on the unique material features of capitalism.Attention will be provided to the works of Karl Marx, particularly the second volume of Capital, where Marx apparently got stuck. His deadlock indicates a serious deficit associated with investigations of accumulation and innovation. Innovation and accumulation will, in this book, be linked to uncertainty and reoccurring crises that signify the incapacities of the capitalist system to operate as a viable mode of production.In the theory of value, Marx places human social labor in a unique historical position, where social labor is applied together with previously produced means in order to deliver new output. Anarchism and the insufficiency to provide necessary and appropriate output causes disturbances and crises.Several critical examinations of selected views on crises, uncertainties and dysfunctions of capitalism are offered. Selected strategies based on monetary solutions and financial instruments aim to regenerate balance. Rather than gaining a balance, reoccurring disruptive circumstances are assumed to be the normal state of affairs. Michael J. Piore and Charles F. Sabel and The Second Industrial Divide: Possibilities for Prosperity from 1984 draws attention to a strategy based on a system of flexible specialization accompanying the introduction of Information and Communication Technology. Their second historical divide associated with the new production strategy is critically examined.Thomas Piketty and his Capital in the Twenty-First Century from 2014 emphasizes capital, wealth distribution and inequality. A critical account of the concept of capital is a paramount assignment in the critical investigations into his contribution.Marx is offered another chance through the critical investigations of some basic concepts introduced by David Harvey in A Companion to Marx's Capital, Volume 2 from 2013. Harvey's emphasis on the role of credit and finance are critically investigated and justifies an alternative return to Marx.A renewed interpretation of Marx corresponds with his assumption that a balanced and stable economy is an illusion. Capitalism has to accumulate and create the necessary flexibility in order to reproduce. On the other hand, this system of accumulation is anarchic, arbitrary and contradictory.Identification of sources for flexibility and accumulation becomes a deadlock for Marx. Innovation is insufficiently accounted for in his analysis. A serious deficit with his whole position emerges that paves the way for an alternative beyond Marx.The alternative beyond Marx draws attention to a wider context of the critical investigations. Some philosophical implications concerning the concepts of freedom, independence, determinism and randomness are touched upon. Implications for the much-debated concepts of basis and superstructure are addressed. The consequences for the future possibility for the human species to cope with crises and other aspects of our destiny are sketched.

Author : Kohei Saito
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781583676424

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Karl Marx’s Ecosocialism by Kohei Saito Pdf

Reveals the ideal of a sustainable ecosocialist world in Marx’s writings Karl Marx, author of what is perhaps the world’s most resounding and significant critique of bourgeois political economy, has frequently been described as a “Promethean.” According to critics, Marx held an inherent belief in the necessity of humans to dominate the natural world, in order to end material want and create a new world of fulfillment and abundance—a world where nature is mastered, not by anarchic capitalism, but by a planned socialist economy. Understandably, this perspective has come under sharp attack, not only from mainstream environmentalists but also from ecosocialists, many of whom reject Marx outright. Kohei Saito’s Karl Marx’s Ecosocialism lays waste to accusations of Marx’s ecological shortcomings. Delving into Karl Marx’s central works, as well as his natural scientific notebooks—published only recently and still being translated—Saito also builds on the works of scholars such as John Bellamy Foster and Paul Burkett, to argue that Karl Marx actually saw the environmental crisis embedded in capitalism. “It is not possible to comprehend the full scope of [Marx’s] critique of political economy,” Saito writes, “if one ignores its ecological dimension.” Saito’s book is crucial today, as we face unprecedented ecological catastrophes—crises that cannot be adequately addressed without a sound theoretical framework. Karl Marx’s Ecosocialism shows us that Marx has given us more than we once thought, that we can now come closer to finishing Marx’s critique, and to building a sustainable ecosocialist world.

Author : Karl Marx
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781596987999

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Das Kapital by Karl Marx Pdf

One of the most notorious works of modern times, as well as one of the most influential, Capital is an incisive critique of private property and the social relations it generates. Living in exile in England, where this work was largely written, Marx drew on a wide-ranging knowledge of its society to support his analysis and generate fresh insights. Arguing that capitalism would create an ever-increasing division in wealth and welfare, he predicted its abolition and replacement by a system with common ownership of the means of production. Capital rapidly acquired readership among the leaders of social democratic parties, particularly in Russia and Germany, and ultimately throughout the world, to become a work described by Marx's friend and collaborator Friedrich Engels as 'the Bible of the Working Class'.

Author : Sara R. Farris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Marxian historiography
ISBN : 1608465748

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Returns of Marxism by Sara R. Farris Pdf

Inspiring and thoroughly researched collection of contemporary Marxist essays that engage the struggle of our times.

Author : Bob Jessop,Charlie Malcolm-Brown
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Marx, Karl, 1818-1883
ISBN : 0415193273

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Karl Marx's Social and Political Thought by Bob Jessop,Charlie Malcolm-Brown Pdf

Author : Gilbert Faccarello,Heinz D. Kurz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000072105

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Marx at 200 by Gilbert Faccarello,Heinz D. Kurz Pdf

The book provides new vistas on Karl Marx’s political economy, philosophy and politics on the occasion of his 200th birthday. Often using hitherto unknown material from the recently published Marx- Engels Gesamtausgabe (the MEGA2 edition), the contributions throw new light on Marx’s works and activities, the sources he used and the discussions he had, correcting received opinions on his doctrines. The themes dealt with include Marx’s concepts of alienation and commodity fetishism, the labour theory of value and the theory of exploitation, Marx’s studies of capital accumulation and economic growth and his analysis of economic crises and of the labour contract. Novel developments in the reception of his works in France and the UK conclude the volume. This book was originally published as a special issue of The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought.

Author : Randy Martin
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0816638950

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On Your Marx by Randy Martin Pdf

Basic treatment of fundamental concepts of discrete event simulation. Appropriate as Jr./Sr. level introductory simulation text in Engineering, Management, Computer Science; a second course in simulation and an introduction to stochastic models. Features many examples, figures and tables.

Author : Ian Fraser,Lawrence Wilde
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781441184030

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The Marx Dictionary by Ian Fraser,Lawrence Wilde Pdf

The Marx Dictionary is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the world of Karl Marx. Meticulously researched and extensively cross-referenced, this unique book covers all his major works, ideas and influences and provides a firm grounding in the central themes of Marx's thought from a philosophical perspective. Students will discover a wealth of useful information, analysis and criticism. A-Z entries include clear definitions of all the key terms used in Marx's writings, coverage of their German origins, and detailed synopses of all his key works. The Dictionary also includes entries on Marx's major philosophical and political influences and contemporaries. It covers everything that is essential to a sound understanding of Marx's work, offering clear and accessible explanations of often complex terminology. The Marx Dictionary is the ideal resource for anyone reading or studying Marx or Nineteenth-Century Political Thought more generally.

Author : Daniel Little
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780816615056

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The Scientific Marx by Daniel Little Pdf

The Scientific Marx was first published in 1986. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Marx advanced Capital to the public as a scientific explanation of the capitalist economy, intending it to be evaluated by ordinary standards of scientific adequacy. Today, however, most commentators emphasize Marx's humanism or his theory of historical materialism over his scientific claims. The Scientific Marx thus represents a break with many current views of Marx's analysis of capitalism in that it takes seriously his claim that Capital is a rigorous scientific investigation of the capitalist mode of production. Daniel Little discusses the main features of Marx's account, applying the tools of contemporary philosophy of science. He analyzes Marx's views on theory and explanation in the social sciences, the logic of Marx's empirical practices, the relation between Capital and historical materialism, the centrality of micro-foundations in Marx's analysis, and the minimal role that dialectics plays in his scientific method. Throughout, Little relies on "evidence taken from Marx's actual practice as a social scientist rather than from his explicit methodological writings." The book contributes to current controversies in the literature of "analytic Marxism" joined by such authors as Jon Elster, G.A. Cohen, and John Roemer.

Author : Simon Clarke
Publisher : Springer
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781349218080

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Marx, Marginalism and Modern Sociology by Simon Clarke Pdf

Marx, Marginalism and Modern Sociology offers an original interpretation of Marx's critique of political economy as the basis of a critique of modern economics and sociology. The core of the book is an account of Marx's theory of alienated labour as the basis of Marx's work as a whole. The critical implications of this theory are developed through an analysis of the historical development of liberal social theory from political economy to the modern disciplines of economics and sociology.

Author : Yibing Zhang
Publisher : Göttingen University Press
Page : 615 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Historical materialism
ISBN : 9783863950859

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Back to Marx by Yibing Zhang Pdf

Without a doubt Karl Marx’ philosophical work had a huge impact on “western” concepts of society and economics that still reverberates in the philosophical discourse. In the analysis of this ongoing discourse however the work of Chinese scholars is underrepresented. This book is a translation of the reference work «Back to Marx» first published in 1999 in the PRC. The book is a serious inquiry into the interrelationships between Marx‘s political and economic philosophy, based on careful and systematic reading of a wide range of textual sources, including—in particular—the newly published second edition of the Complete Works of Marx and Engels (MEGA2), which collects notes, drafts, manuscripts, and excerpts previously unavailable to the scholarly community. The author Zhang Yibing teaches philosophy at the University of Nanjing and is one of the foremost scholars of Marxism in the PRC, a Marxist analyst of contemporary philosophical issues. At the same time he is the Vice Chancellor of the University.

Author : Mark Steven
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781501351136

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Understanding Marx, Understanding Modernism by Mark Steven Pdf

A concentrated study of the relationships between modernism and transformative left utopianism, this volume provides an introduction to Marx and Marxism for modernists, and an introduction to modernism for Marxists. Its guiding hypothesis is that Marx's writing absorbed the lessons of artistic and cultural modernity as much as his legacy concretely shaped modernism across multiple media.

Author : Peter Hudis
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004221970

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Marx's Concept of the Alternative to Capitalism by Peter Hudis Pdf

This is the first book-length study of Marx’s concept of the alternative to capitalism. It shows that his critique of capital flowed from a commitment to a specific vision of the kind of human relations that define a new society.