The Marx Revival: Key Concepts and New Critical Interpretations

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Marcello Musto
Cambridge University Press, Jun 18, 2020 - Philosophy - 442 pages
The planet is in deep trouble because of capitalism, and Karl Marx, freed from the chains of "real socialism", is being rediscovered all around the world as the thinker who provided us with its most insightful critique. The Marx Revival is the best, most complete and most modern guide to Marx's ideas that has appeared since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Written by highly reputed international experts, in a clear form accessible to a wider public, it brings together the liveliest and most thought-provoking contemporary interpretations of Marx's work. It presents what he actually wrote in respect of 22 key concepts, the areas that require updating as a result of changes since the late-nineteenth century, and the reasons why it is still of such relevance in today's world. The result is a collection that will prove indispensable both for specialists and for a new generation approaching Marx's work for the first time.
 

Contents

Capitalism
1
Communism
24
Democracy
51
Proletariat
70
Class Struggle
92
Political Organization
108
Revolution
126
Work
141
Migration
232
Colonialism
247
State
266
Globalization
285
War and International Relations
302
Religion
320
Education
338
Art
351

Capital and Temporality
157
Ecology
177
Gender Equality
197
Nationalism and Ethnicity
212
Technology and Science
363
Marxisms
376
Index
393
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Marcello Musto is Associate Professor of Sociology at York University. He has published worldwide in more than twenty languages and his most recent titles are Another Marx: Early Manuscripts to the International (2018), The Last Years of Karl Marx: An Intellectual Biography (2020), and Travels with Marx: Destinations, Reflections and Encounters (2020).

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