True Democracy As A Prelude To Communism

Author : Alexandros Chrysis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319575414

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‘True Democracy’ as a Prelude to Communism by Alexandros Chrysis Pdf

This book constitutes a critical intervention in the theoretical discussion over the political relationship between democracy and communism. Shedding light on the philosophical origins of the democracy debate, it draws a clear demarcation line between liberalism and republicanism, arguing that after rejecting the former and supporting the latter, the young Marx endorsed 'true democracy' as a prelude to his forthcoming theory of communism. To this end, while following the dynamics of the Marxian history of political ideas and pre-communist theory of the state, the book takes into account the thought of a vast range of philosophers and political theorists, starting from the Ancient times (Aristotle), passing through the Age of Enlightenment (Spinoza, Rousseau), the German Idealist tradition (Hegel) the Young Hegelians’ Republicanism (Bauer, Ruge, Feuerbach), and reaching our own times (Arendt, Colletti, MacPherson, Castoriadis, Poulantzas). It will be of interest to students and scholars interested in the history of political thought, theories of democracy, and Marxism.

Author : Alexandros Chrysis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3031067436

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The Marx of Communism by Alexandros Chrysis Pdf

Following Marx's own itinerary from Paris to London, from politics to the critique of political economy, The Marx of Communism delves into a creatively unfolding international debate on the democracy-communism relation, while supporting a 21st century communism as a social alternative to capitalism. Taking into consideration Marx's analysis of communism both as a movement and a social formation, this study focuses on the dialectics of transition from capitalism to communism. Dealing with communism as the outcome of a long-term cultural and political process, the author defends Marxian communism as the open-ended constitution of a self-governed demos, whose citizens create their own way of life on the ground of a stateless and classless society. From this point of view, the end of the state does not mean the end, but the revival of politics in terms of a communist bios. Reshaping their collective and personal values and setting limits to the production/technology dynamics of their economy, this book argues, the citizens of a communist polis form a promising antithesis to the private individuals of a capitalist society. Alexandros Chrysis is Professor of the Philosophy of History & History of Ideas at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece. He is the author of "True Democracy" as a Prelude to Communism: The Marx of Democracy (2018).

Author : Alexandros Chrysis
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031067426

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The Marx of Communism by Alexandros Chrysis Pdf

Following Marx’s own itinerary from Paris to London, from politics to the critique of political economy, The Marx of Communism delves into a creatively unfolding international debate on the democracy-communism relation, while supporting a 21st century communism as a social alternative to capitalism. Taking into consideration Marx’s analysis of communism both as a movement and a social formation, this study focuses on the dialectics of transition from capitalism to communism. Dealing with communism as the outcome of a long-term cultural and political process, the author defends Marxian communism as the open-ended constitution of a self-governed demos, whose citizens create their own way of life on the ground of a stateless and classless society. From this point of view, the end of the state does not mean the end, but the revival of politics in terms of a communist bios. Reshaping their collective and personal values and setting limits to the production/technology dynamics of their economy, this book argues, the citizens of a communist polis form a promising antithesis to the private individuals of a capitalist society.

Author : Michael Brie
Publisher : Springer
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030233273

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Rediscovering Lenin by Michael Brie Pdf

Translated from the original German Lenin Neuentdecken and available in English for the first time, this volume rediscovers Lenin as a strategic socialist thinker through close examination of his collected works and correspondence. Brie opens with an analysis of Lenin's theoretical development between 1914 and 1917, in preparation for his critical decision to dissolve the Constituent Assembly in January 1918 in a struggle for power. This led from the dialectics of revolutionary practice and social analysis to a new understanding of socialism, which is compared and contrasted to the alternative Marxist ideas and conceptions of the state posited by Karl Kautsky and Rosa Luxemburg. Rediscovering Lenin then moves to 1921, when Lenin begins a new stage of his theoretical development concerned with resolving the reversal of the revolution’s aims and its results. This process remains unfinished, and the questions raised a hundred years ago remain: How can one intervene successfully and responsibly in social and political crises? What role do social science theories, ideological frameworks, and other practices play in transforming the economic, political and cultural power structures of a society? Brie concludes with a retrospective on the ideas developed by Marx and in the Second International, and their impact on Lenin’s strategic thinking. Placing Lenin's writing itself in the foreground and arguing from inside his own self-learning, Rediscovering Lenin focuses on the reflective relationship between ideology, theory, and practice. ​

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780192677464

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Author : Okechukwu Ibeanu,Israel 'Kelue Okoye,Ikenna Mike Alumona,Ernest Toochi Aniche
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811660580

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Anonymous Power by Okechukwu Ibeanu,Israel 'Kelue Okoye,Ikenna Mike Alumona,Ernest Toochi Aniche Pdf

This book examines the structures and processes of political decision-making and governance in Nigeria. Since Nigeria returned to elected government in 1999, it has been observed that several factors account for the differences between the design of statutory structures and processes of political decision-making and how they operate in reality. In other words, there are wide gaps between statutes and practice of political decision-making. However, the nexus between the two remains largely understudied by political scientists. Instinctively, political scientists assume that informal influences in political decision-making are aberrations, episodic or temporary. This book is designed to interrogate the nexus between the formal and non-formal dimensions of the dynamics of political decision making in Nigeria and also provide evidence about the actual functioning of governmental structures in Nigeria. The thesis of the book is that the non-formal dimension of political decision making as evidenced in rising ethno-political patronages, religious sentiments, clientelism and factionalism, are interacting with formal decision-making structures in ways that largely undermine the latter and, by extension, the democratic system. The book pursues this thesis by examining the roles of actors and institutions including, electoral choices made by voters, legislations, which perhaps is the most fundamental form of political decision-making, policies made by the executive and administration, as well as decision making within political parties, since parties are sites for articulating and aggregating issues on which decisions are to be made.

Author : Yadullah Shahibzadeh
Publisher : Springer
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319925226

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Marxism and Left-Wing Politics in Europe and Iran by Yadullah Shahibzadeh Pdf

This book reveals aspects of the rise and fall of the European and Iranian Left, their conceptualization of Marxism and ideological formations. Questions regarding the Left and Marxism within two seemingly different economic, political and intellectual and cultural contexts require comprehensive comparative histories of the two settings. This project investigates the intellectual transformations, which the European and Iranian Left have experienced after the Russian Revolution to the present. It examines the impacts of these transformations on their conceptualizations of history and revolution, domination and ideology, emancipation and universality, democracy and equality. The monograph will appeal to researchers, scholars and graduate students in the fields of political science, Middle Eastern and European studies, political history and comparative politics.

Author : J.P. Nettl
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 905 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781788731683

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Rosa Luxemburg by J.P. Nettl Pdf

This biography, first published half a century ago, remains the most detailed and comprehensive study of Rosa Luxemburg. Nettl's extensive knowledge of the social and political context of the European socialist movements in which she was active, and his engagement with her voluminous writings in German, Polish, and Russian (many of which are only now being translated into English), brings to light the multidimensional nature of her life and work. This new edition will enable a new generation to explore Luxemburg's effort to develop an emancipatory version of Marxism liberated from the constraints of both reformism and authoritarianism, as well as grasp the unique personality of this remarkable women theoretician and revolutionary.

Author : Erik Paul
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811522796

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Australia in the Expanding Global Crisis by Erik Paul Pdf

This book is a study of the key components and contradictions of the escalating global crisis and their impact on modern Australia. It elaborates the damage being done to democracy, human rights, and the fabric of society. Racism is structured in the universality of the nation-state and capitalism in the 21st century. Racism is a process that discriminates and segregates the human species, creating major conflicts and antagonisms. It generates a global struggle for equality and social justice. The global crisis is energised by the contradiction between a global capitalism that is in effect totalitarian and the imperatives of economic growth driving every nation-state of the world. Racism is embodied in the emergence of a new imperialism to maintain Western global hegemony, a growing source of instability and violence in the world system, endangering the survival of humanity. The book advocates the promotion of full democratic participation in the struggle for social, political, and economic equality.

Author : Tracie Matysik
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780226822341

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When Spinoza Met Marx by Tracie Matysik Pdf

Explores concepts that bring together the thinking of Spinoza and Marx. Karl Marx was a fiery revolutionary theorist who heralded the imminent demise of capitalism, while Spinoza was a contemplative philosopher who preached rational understanding and voiced skepticism about open rebellion. Spinoza criticized all teleological ideas as anthropomorphic fantasies, while Marxism came to be associated expressly with teleological historical development. Why, then, were socialists of the German nineteenth century consistently drawn to Spinoza as their philosophical guide? Tracie Matysik shows how the metaphorical meeting of Spinoza and Marx arose out of an intellectual conundrum around the meaning of activity. How is it, exactly, that humans can be fully determined creatures but also able to change their world? To address this paradox, many revolutionary theorists came to think of activity in the sense of Spinoza—as relating. Matysik follows these Spinozist-socialist intellectual experiments as they unfolded across the nineteenth century, drawing lessons from them that will be meaningful for the contemporary world.

Author : Neal Harris,Denis Bosseau,Ployjai Pintobtang,Owen Brown
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031292439

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Rousseau Today by Neal Harris,Denis Bosseau,Ployjai Pintobtang,Owen Brown Pdf

This book demonstrates that Rousseau offers a distinctive critical voice which is worthy of listening to. Rousseau is shown to target not merely social ‘injustices’, but the very dynamics central to the ‘form of life’ itself. As such we are able to contemplate, and engage in, a more foundational form of social critique. We contend that by returning to Rousseau, both as a theorist in his own right, and as an interlocutor with the contemporary literature within radical political and social philosophy, we can see both the circumscribed nature of contemporary discussion, and the true importance of Rousseau’s thought. In summary, Rousseau remains a figure of vital importance across disciplines and it is high time for an edited volume which connects insights centring his thought and impact today.

Author : Willard J. Webb
Publisher : Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, & Air Force
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : MSU:31293028912495

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The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Prelude to the War in Vietnam, 1954-1959 by Willard J. Webb Pdf

Author : Larry Ceplair
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780813179452

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Revolutionary Pairs by Larry Ceplair Pdf

When examining history, one must be careful not to blame rapid political change solely on famine, war, economic inequality, or structural disfunctions alone. These conditions may linger for decades without social upheaval. Successful revolution requires two triggering elements: a crisis or conjuncture and revolutionary actors who are organized in a dedicated revolutionary party, armed with a radical ideology, and poised to act. While previous revolutions were ignited by small collectives, many in the twentieth century relied on strategic relationships between two exceptional leaders: Marx and Engels (Communism), Lenin and Trotsky (Russia), Ghandi and Nehru (India), Mao and Zhou (China), and Castro and Guevara (Cuba). These partnerships changed the world. In Revolutionary Pairs: Marx and Engels, Lenin and Trotsky, Gandhi and Nehru, Mao and Zhou, Castro and Guevara, Larry Ceplair tells the stories of five revolutionary struggles through the lens of famous duos. While each relationship was unique—Castro and Guevara bonded like brothers, Mao and Zhou like enemies—in every case, these leaders seized the opportunity for revolution and recognized they could not succeed without the other. The first cross-cultural exploration of revolutionary pairs, this book reveals the undeniable role of personality in modern political change.

Author : Marcello Musto
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107117921

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The Marx Revival by Marcello Musto Pdf

An international set of eminent scholars examine the contemporary relevance and continuing contribution of Marx's work. This indispensable volume presents Marx's theories in a new light, both for specialists who might think they already know everything about Marx and for a new generation of readers who are approaching his work for the first time.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1182 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Communism
ISBN : UCLA:31158010214160

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Communist Activities Hearings Before the Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, Eighty-first-Congress, First -second Session S by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities Pdf