Marxism after Marx, Fourth Edition

by McLellan, David

• ISBN13: 9781403997289
• ISBN10: 1403997284
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The fourth edition of Marxism after Marx is an updated version of what has become the classic account of twentieth-century Marxism. It includes new bibliographical information and sections covering developments since the previous edition. This new edition represents a comprehensive and reliable guide to one of the most influential bodies of thought of the twentieth century.

Author Biography

DAVID McLELLAN is Professor of Political Theory at Goldsmiths College, London, UK. His books on Marx and Marxism have been translated into many languages. His most recent publications are Simone Weil: Utopian Pessimist and Unto Caesar: The Political Relevance of Christianity.

Table of Contents

Preface to the First Edition	p. xi
Preface to the Third Edition	p. xii
Preface to the Fourth Edition	p. xiii
Introduction: The Legacy of Marx	p. 1
The German Social Democrats
The Contribution of Engels	p. 9
Philosophy	p. 10
History	p. 12
Politics	p. 14
The Revisionist Controversy	p. 21
The spread of Marxism outside Germany	p. 21
The origins of German revisionism	p. 23
Economics	p. 26
Sociology	p. 29
Politics	p. 31
Philosophy and historical materialism	p. 34
Conclusion	p. 37
The Radicals	p. 44
Introduction	p. 44
Luxemburg: social reform or revolution	p. 45
Luxemburg: consciousness and activity	p. 48
Luxemburg: imperialism	p. 53
The split in the SPD	p. 54
Austro-Marxism	p. 62
Russian Marxism
Origins	p. 69
Marx, Engels and Plekhanov	p. 69
The founding of the RSDLP	p. 73
The Bolshevik-Menshevik split	p. 76
Trotsky	p. 83
Lenin	p. 92
The Party	p. 92
Revolution	p. 97
Imperialism	p. 101
The state	p. 103
The national question	p. 108
Philosophy	p. 110
Russian Marxism in the 1920s	p. 123
War Communism	p. 123
The New Economic Policy	p. 125
Socialism in One Country	p. 130
Art and philosophy	p. 133
Stalinism	p. 141
Industry, agriculture and party	p. 141
Stalin as theoretician	p. 145
Trotsky's critique of Stalinism	p. 148
Post-Stalin Communism	p. 155
European Marxism Between the Wars
Lukacs	p. 171
Korsch	p. 181
Council Communism	p. 185
Gramsci	p. 190
Introduction	p. 190
The Turin Council movement	p. 190
The Prison Notebooks	p. 195
China and the Third World
The Making of the Chinese Revolution	p. 217
Introduction	p. 217
Mao and the peasantry	p. 219
Revolutionary strategy	p. 221
Guerrilla warfare	p. 227
Mao's philosophy	p. 228
Maoism in Power	p. 235
The path of economic development	p. 235
Class and contradiction	p. 240
The Party and the masses	p. 243
Historical materialism	p. 253
The Sino-Soviet dispute	p. 255
Maoism: a conclusion	p. 258
Asian Marxism outside China	p. 260
Latin America	p. 270
Introduction	p. 270
Cuba	p. 271
Regis Debray	p. 273
Liberation theology	p. 277
Marxism and Underdevelopment	p. 286
Contemporary Marxism in Europe and the United States
Introduction	p. 295
The Frankfurt School	p. 297
The school and politics	p. 297
Critical theory	p. 300
The impact of psychoanalysis and fascism	p. 303
Aesthetics	p. 306
Marcuse	p. 310
Habermas	p. 315
Existentialist Marxism	p. 325
Introduction	p. 325
Sartre	p. 329
Arguments and the theorists of the 'New Working Class'	p. 336
Italian Marxism	p. 344
Structuralist Marxism	p. 348
British Marxism	p. 358
Marxism in the United States	p. 368
History	p. 368
Theory	p. 377
Market socialism and analytical Marxism	p. 386
Jameson	p. 389
Globalisation and empire	p. 390
Postmodern Marxism	p. 405
Conclusion	p. 419
Chronological Table	p. 432
A Marxist Genealogy	p. 436
Further Publications	p. 437
Index	p. 443
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