Marx Today : Selected Works and Recent Debates

by Sitton, John F.

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9780230102415

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0230102417

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11/15/2010

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Palgrave Macmillan

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This book provides, in one volume, primary sources by Marx and critical commentary which relates Marxism to contemporary social and political topics. It includes six brief works by Marx and ten articles by scholars sympathetic to but critical of Marxism. For example, the author includes the classic essay by Heidi Hartmann which criticizes Marxism for misunderstanding gender oppression, "The Unhappy Marriage of Marxism and Feminism." No previous anthology of Marx has combined both brief works by Marx and multiple critical essays elaborating on his themes or engaging the shortcomings of his arguments.

Author Biography

John Sitton is Professor of Political Science at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Acknowledgments	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
The Historical Origins of Capitalism	p. 3
The Hidden Dynamic of Capitalism	p. 3
The Political Trajectory of Capitalism	p. 10
Problems with Marx's Theory	p. 13
Marxism and Contemporary Capitalism	p. 22
Conclusion	p. 35
	p. 35
Manifesto of the Communist Party	p. 37
Preface to the 1888 English Edition of the Manifesto of the Communist Party	p. 39
Bourgeois and Proletarians	p. 43
Proletarians and Communists	p. 51
Socialist and Communist Literature	p. 57
Position of the Communists in Relation to the Various Existing Opposition Parties	p. 63
"Speech on Free Trade," with Engels's Preface of 1888	p. 65
Protection and Free Trade Preface to the Pamphlet: Karl Marx, Speech on the Question of Free Trade	p. 67
Speech on the Question of Free Trade Delivered to the Democratic Association of Brussels at Its Public Meeting of January 9, 1848	p. 79
"Preface" to A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy	p. 89
A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy	p. 91
Value, Price and Profit	p. 95
Marx to Engels in Manchester	p. 97
[Value, Price and Profit]	p. 99
[Wages and Prices]	p. 100
[Value and Labour]	p. 102
Labouring Power	p. 107
Production of Surplus-Value	p. 109
Value of Labour	p. 110
Profit is Made by Selling A Commodity at its Value	p. 111
The Different Parts into which Surplus-Value is Decomposed	p. 112
General Relation of Profits, Wages and Prices	p. 114
Main Cases of Attempts at Raising Wages or Resisting Their Fall	p. 115
The Struggle between Capital and Labour and Its Results	p. 119
Selection from The Civil War in France	p. 123
Introduction [To Karl Marx's The Civil War In France]	p. 125
The Civil War In France	p. 135
III	p. 135
Critique of the Gotha Programme	p. 145
Marginal Notes On The Programme Of The German Workers' Party [Critique Of The Gotha Programme]	p. 150
	p. 150
	p. 157
	p. 158
	p. 159
Sources of Included Works	p. 163
	p. 165
Introduction	p. 167
Recent Marxian Debates	p. 167
Notes on Authors of Articles	p. 168
Why Socialism?	p. 171
Where Do Postmodernists Come From?	p. 177
Monopoly-Finance Capital and the Paradox of Accumulation	p. 185
Stages of Accumulation	p. 187
Monopoly-Finance Capital and the Crisis	p. 192
The System's No-Exit Strategy	p. 197
The Unhappy Marriage of Marxism and Feminism: Towards a More Progressive Union	p. 201
Marxism and the Woman Question	p. 202
Radical Feminism and Patriarchy	p. 209
The Partnership of Patriarchy and Capital	p. 213
Toward a More Progressive Union	p. 220
Marx and the Environment	p. 229
Revolutionizing Spirituality: Reflections on Marxism and Religion	p. 241
Suggested Further Reading	p. 257
Index	p. 259
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