Open Marxism 1: Dialectics and History

by Werner Bonefeld

Overview

In this study, distinguished international contributors project an ‘open’ Marxism - a rejection of the determinism and positivism which characterise so much of contemporary left-wing thought. Topics covered in the two volumes include Marxism and political economy, historical materialism, dialectics, state theory, class, fetishism and the periodisation of capitalist development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780745305905
Publisher:	Pluto Press
Publication date:	11/20/1992
Series:	Open Marxism , #1
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.32(w) x 8.46(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Werner Bonefeld lectures in Politics at the University of York. Research interests include political economy, Marxist social theory, and European Integration. He has been on the editorial board of Capital & Class and is on the editorial board of Common Sense. He is also on the Advisory Board of Historical Materialism. He has published in a number of journals, including Capital & Class, Common Sense, and Review of Radical Political Economy. His work has been translated into many languages, including German, Greek, Spanish, Italian and French.

Table of Contents

Introduction - Werner Bonefeld, Richard Gunn, Kosmas Psychopedis

1. Dialectical Theory: Problems of Reconstruction - Kosmas Psychopedis

2. Between Philosophy and Science: Marxian Social Economy as Critical Theory - Hans-Georg Backhaus

3. Social Constitution and the Form of the Capitalist State - Werner Bonefeld

4. The Global Accumulation of Capital and the Periodisation of the Capitalist State Form - Simon Clarke

5. The Bourgeois State Form Revisited - Heide Gerstenberger

Editorial Reviews

The first of two volumes (see following entry) making available discussion from international authors concerned with rejecting the determinism and positivism that characterize much of contemporary left-wing thought and initiating new Marxist debate. Distributed by Westview. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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