The Marx Revival: Key Concepts And New Interpretations

431 Pages·2020·2.825 MB·English

by  Marcello Musto

The Marx Revival
The planet is in deep trouble because of capitalism, and Karl Marx,
freedfromthechainsof‘realsocialism’,isbeingrediscoveredallaround
the world as the thinker who provided us with its most insightful cri-
tique.TheMarxRevivalisthebest,mostcomplete,andmostmodern
guidetoMarx’sideasthathasappearedsincethefalloftheBerlinWall.
Writtenbyhighlyreputedinternationalexperts,inaclearformacces-
sibletoawiderpublic,itbringstogethertheliveliestandmostthought-
provoking contemporary interpretations of Marx’s work. It presents
whatheactuallywroteinrespectoftwenty-twokeyconcepts,theareas
that require updating as a result of changes since the late-nineteenth
century,andthereasonswhyitisstillofsuchrelevanceintoday’sworld.
Theresultisacollectionthatwillproveindispensablebothforspecialists
andforanewgenerationapproachingMarx’sworkforthefirsttime.
MarcelloMustoisAssociateProfessorofSociologyatYorkUniversity.
He has published worldwide in more than twenty languages and his
mostrecenttitlesareAnotherMarx:EarlyManuscriptstotheInternational
(2018),TheLastYears ofKarlMarx:AnIntellectualBiography(2020),
andTravelswithMarx:Destinations,ReflectionsandEncounters(2020).

The Marx Revival
Key Concepts and New Interpretations
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Contents
AbouttheEditor pagex
ListofContributors xi
Preface xvii
Acknowledgements xx
NoteontheText xxi
1 Capitalism 1
michael r. kra¨tke
1.1 CapitalismandItsHistory 1
1.2 Capitalism:WhatIsinaWord? 3
1.3 TheBasicFeaturesofModernCapitalism 6
1.4 Value,Money,Competition 8
1.5 ExploitationandAccumulation 11
1.6 TheHistoricalEmergenceandDevelopmentofCapitalism 16
1.7 Marx’sCritiqueofModernCapitalism 19
2 Communism 24
marcello musto
2.1 CriticalTheoriesoftheEarlySocialists 24
2.2 Equality,TheoreticalSystems,andFutureSociety:Errorsofthe
Precursors 26
2.3 WhereandWhyMarxWroteaboutCommunism 30
2.4 TheLimitsoftheInitialFormulations 33
2.5 CommunismasFreeAssociation 37
2.6 CommonOwnershipandFreeTime 41
2.7 RoleoftheState,IndividualRights,andFreedoms 45
3 Democracy 51
ellen meiksins wood
3.1 Marx’sCritiqueofDemocracy 51
3.2 TheChangingMeaningsofDemocracy 53
3.3 Marxon‘BourgeoisDemocracy’ 58
3.4 FromPoliticstoPoliticalEconomy 62
3.5 ThePoliticalLimitsofCapitalistDemocracy 65
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vi Contents
4 Proletariat 70
marcel van der linden
4.1 TheRevolutionarySubject 70
4.2 DefiningtheProletariat 72
4.3 ExcludingtheLumpenproletariat 75
4.4 ExcludingChattelSlaves 79
4.5 ProblematicConsequences 84
4.6 AFinalWord 87
5 ClassStruggle 92
alex callinicos
5.1 Genealogy 92
5.2 TheoreticalArticulation 94
5.3 Politics 98
5.4 Assessment 103
6 PoliticalOrganization 108
peter hudis
6.1 ThePhilosophicalBasisofMarx’sConceptofOrganization 108
6.2 MarxonPoliticalOrganizationbeforeandduringthe1848
Revolutions 109
6.3 Capital,theFirstInternational,andtheParisCommune 114
6.4 TwoConceptsofOrganization:MarxversusLassalle
ontheParty 118
6.5 MarxversusPost-MarxMarxismonOrganization 122
7 Revolution 126
michael löwy
7.1 RevolutionaryPraxis:TheEarlyWritings 126
7.2 RevolutionasSelf-Emancipation:TheFirstInternational
andtheParisCommune 131
7.3 TheLateMarx:GermanyandRussia,CentreandPeriphery 134
7.4 AfterMarx 136
8 Work 141
ricardo antunes
8.1 WorkasaVitalHumanActivity 141
8.2 LabourasanAlienatedActivity 143
8.3 Labour,Value-Theory,Fetishism,andAssociatedWork 145
8.4 WorkToday 153
9 CapitalandTemporality 157
moishe postone
9.1 ReconceptualizingMarxism 157
9.2 HistoryandDomination 159
9.3 CritiqueandHistoricalSpecificity 161
9.4 TheDialecticofTemporalMediation 166
Contents vii
9.5 TheDualCrisisofCapital 171
9.6 AnAdequateCriticalTheoryforToday 174
10 Ecology 177
john bellamy foster
10.1 MarxandtheEarth 177
10.2 WesternMarxistCriticismsofMarxonNature 178
10.3 TheRediscoveryofMarx’sEcology 181
10.4 TheEmergenceofMarxianEcologicalPraxis 191
11 GenderEquality 197
heather a. brown
11.1 Marx,Gender,andFeminism 197
11.2 Marx’sEarlyWritingsonGenderEquality
andEmancipation 198
11.3 PoliticalEconomy,Gender,andtheTransformation
oftheFamily 200
11.4 TheDialecticsofthePre-capitalistFamily 206
11.5 TheImportanceofDialecticalIntersectionality 209
12 NationalismandEthnicity 212
kevin b. anderson
12.1 RefutingaLegend 212
12.2 PolandandtheEuropeanDemocraticRevolution 213
12.3 Race,Class,andSlaveryduringtheAmericanCivilWar 218
12.4 Ireland:StrugglingagainstbothNational
andEthnicOppression 224
12.5 ReflectionsfortheTwenty-FirstCentury 228
13 Migration 232
pietro basso
13.1 TheForcedEmigrationofRuralProducers 232
13.2 TheSlaveTradeandtheSuper-Exploitation
ofBlackSlavesintheColonies 234
13.3 MigrationinandfromEurope 236
13.4 GlobalLabourMarketandIndustrialReserveArmy 237
13.5 AProcessThatIsNotNaturalbutSocial-Historical 239
13.6 BritishProletariansandIrishProletarians 241
13.7 Yesterday,Today,Tomorrow 244
14 Colonialism 247
sandro mezzadra and ranabir samaddar
14.1 CapitalismasaWorldForceandColonialism 247
14.2 Capitalism,Colonialism,Transition 251
14.3 ColonialRelations,ClassQuestion,andthePeasantry 252
14.4 Slavery 258
14.5 TheColonizedasthePoliticalSubject 261
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15 State 266
bob jessop
15.1 AreThereEssential,Permanent,StableElements? 266
15.2 ThreeEssentialTheoriesoftheStateandStatePower 268
15.3 TheStateasaSocialRelation 274
15.4 MarxandStateTheoryToday 279
16 Globalization 285
seongjin jeong
16.1 GlobalizationinMarx’sWords 285
16.2 TheDialecticsofProgress 286
16.3 TheWorldMarketandCritiqueofPoliticalEconomy 289
16.4 TheWorldMarketandtheState 290
16.5 UnevenandCombinedDevelopmentonaWorldScale 292
16.6 InternationalValueandExploitation 293
16.7 WorldMarketCrisis 296
16.8 FromWorldMarkettoWorldRevolution 298
17 WarandInternationalRelations 302
benno teschke
17.1 ABelatedDiscovery 302
17.2 TheGeneralProblemofInternationalRelations
inMarx’sThought 304
17.3 TheEarlyWager:TheUniversalizationofCapitalism 307
17.4 FromLogictoHistory:TheImpactof1848
andtheCrimeanWar 309
17.5 HistoricismasTheory 314
18 Religion 320
gilbert achcar
18.1 Marx’sEngagementwithReligion 320
18.2 Marx’Left-HegelianCritiqueofReligion 321
18.3 TowardsaMaterialistInterpretationofReligion 327
18.4 TheMarxianPoliticalAttitudeonReligion 331
19 Education 338
robin small
19.1 Marx’sContributiononEducation 338
19.2 ThePoliticalEconomyofEducation 339
19.3 Education,theState,andSociety 342
19.4 Marx’sCurriculum 344
19.5 TeachersandTheirWork 346
19.6 MarxandEducationToday 348
20 Art 351
isabelle garo
20.1 ArtandAlienation 351
Contents ix
20.2 ArtandtheCritiqueofPoliticalEconomy 355
20.3 TheContemporaryRelevanceofMarx’sAnalysisofArt 360
21 TechnologyandScience 363
amy e. wendling
21.1 ScienceandTechnologyinMarx’sResearch 363
21.2 CommunistMachinesintheGrundrisse 366
21.3 TechnologyandContradictioninCapital 368
21.4 TheUseofMarx’sAccountofTechnology 373
22 Marxisms 376
immanuel wallerstein
22.1 DifferentVersionsofMarxism 376
22.2 Engels’Marxism 377
22.3 SovietMarxism 380
22.4 USHegemonyandtheColdWar 384
22.5 TheWorldRevolutionof1968 387
22.6 CollapseoftheCommunisms 389
Index 393