ISBN:
9781138886254
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (168 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Library Editions: Marxism
Parallel Title:
Print version Marxism, Class Analysis and Socialist Pluralism (RLE Marxism) : A Theoretical and Political Critique of Marxist Conceptions of Politics
DDC:
306.2
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This book, first published in 1986, presents a radical challenge to socialist orthodoxy, subjecting a key component of that orthodoxy - Marxism - to sustained criticism. Les Johnston argues that Marxism cannot provide the foundations for a rigorous socialist theory or an effective socialist politics. A fundamental element of this criticism is the suggestion that the problem of 'reductionism' which has preoccupied Marxists is a red herring. Marxism's problem is not its reductionism but its theoretical incoherence. Marxism is not 'deterministic', for there is invariably an indeterminate relation
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Acknowledgement; Preface; Table of Contents; Section One MARXISM, MANAGERIALISM AND CAPITALIST POSSESSION; 2 Marxism and the problem of the managers; 3 Marxism, managerialism and corporate capitalism; Section Two MARXISM, POLITICS AND THE STATE; 4 Classical Marxism and the state; 1 Introduction: Marxism and the materialist conception of politics; 5 Contemporary debates on the capitalist state; Section Three CLASS ANALYSIS AND SOCIALIST POLITICAL CALCULATION
Description / Table of Contents:
6 Marxism and the problem of the working class7 Class and political ideology: a non-reductionist solution?; Section Four THEORETICAL AND POLITICAL CONCLUSIONS; 8 Socialist theory and socialist pluralism; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
