Marx and the End of Orientalism (Routledge Revivals)
Marx and the End of Orientalism (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Bryan S. Turner

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-07-11

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 1317646401

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First published in 1978, this title analyses a range of problems that arise in the study of North Africa and the Middle East, bridging the gap between studies of Sociology, Islam, and Marxism. Both Sociology and the study of Islam draw on an Orientalist tradition founded on an idealist epistemology, ethnocentric values and an evolutionary view of historical development. Bryan Turner challenges the basic assumptions of Orientalism by considering such issues as the social structure of Islamic society, the impact of capitalism in the Middle East, the effect of Israel on territories, revolutions, social classes and nationalism. A detailed and fascinating study, Marx and the End of Orientalism will be of particular interest to students studying the sociology of colonialism and development, Marxist sociology and sociological theory.

Marxism and Historical Writing (Routledge Revivals)
Marxism and Historical Writing (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Paul Hirst

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-12-15

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 1136999078

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In this reissued collection of essays, first published in 1985, Paul Q. Hirst assesses the limits of the Marxist theory of history in its various versions. It begins with an extended critical discussion of Perry Anderson and Edward Thompson, and includes chapters on G.A Cohen’s attempt to re-state the Marxist theory of history in terms compatible with analytic philosophy, on R.G. Collingwood’s theory of history, on Anderson’s work on Absolutism, on Thompson’s Poverty of Theory, and on the contemporary politics of democratic socialism.

Marxism (Routledge Revivals)
Marxism (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Thomas Sowell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-10-22

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780415688031

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First published in 1985, Thomas Sowelle(tm)s book is a crisp, lucid and commonsensical introduction to Marxe(tm)s own writings and to Marxist theory. It combines readability with intellectual rigour and distils more than a quarter of a century of Thomas Sowelle(tm)s research and thought on the philosophical and economic doctrines of Karl Marx. Its central theme is that Marxian philosophy must be understood before Marxian economics can be defined. The book discusses Marxe(tm)s ideas, including his philosophy of history, concept of capitalist "exploitation", morality and business cycle theory. The authore(tm)s treatment is balanced, though often critical and displays a mastery of Marxe(tm)s own writings which are liberally extracted throughout the text.

Marxism and Modern Thought
Marxism and Modern Thought

Author: N. I. Bukharin

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-09-05

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13: 1136658777

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First published in English in 1935, this is a critical appraisal of contemporary thought in the post-World War One era in the light of Marxism.

Communism and Development (Routledge Revivals)
Communism and Development (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Robert Bideleux

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-27

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1317703065

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First published in 1985, this book provides a comprehensive reappraisal of the diverse Communist development strategies that shaped the twentieth century. Robert Bideleux emphasises the appalling human and economic costs of the most widely adopted ‘Stalinist’ strategies of forced industrialisation and rural collectivisation. He also reconsiders the powerful arguments in favour of the most feasible and cost-effective alternatives to Stalinism, including ‘village communisms’ and ‘market socialisms’. A highly readable and challenging study, this reissue will be of particular value to students with research interests in Development Studies, East European History and Politics.

Marx's 'Capital' (Routledge Revivals)
Marx's 'Capital' (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Geoffrey Pilling

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-12-16

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 113515600X

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Marx’s Capital has of course been widely read; this revival of a systematic study by Geoffrey Pilling, originally published in 1980, argues powerfully that, in order to understand Capital fully, it is necessary to have read and understood Hegel’s Logic. This argument leads to a detailed examination of the opening chapters of Capital, and a re-examination of their significance for the work as a whole. Pilling emphasizes the fundamental nature of the break between Marx’s Capital and all forms of classical political economy, and stresses the revolutionary nature of Marx’s critique of political economy as one of the foundations of Capital. He also lays particular emphasis on the philosophical aspects of the work, so often neglected by British commentators, and puts forward the view that Marx’s notion of fetishism, often looked upon as incidental to his work, is in fact central to his entire critique of political economy.

Fifty Years of International Socialism (Routledge Revivals)
Fifty Years of International Socialism (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Max Beer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-08-01

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 131768737X

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First published 1935, this title presents a series of recollections, some intimately personal, others bearing on the great social, cultural and political issues that faced the Jews and the European population more generally during the first part of the twentieth century. The author specifically focuses on differing attitudes towards the rise of Socialism in Europe, and the fate of nineteenth-century politics in the face of the tumultuous revolutions and counter-revolutions that arose in the aftermath of the First World War.

Theories of Modern Capitalism (Routledge Revivals)
Theories of Modern Capitalism (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Tom Bottomore

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2010-01-22

Total Pages: 173

ISBN-13: 1136971211

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First published in 1985, Theories of Modern Capitalism provides a succinct study of Marxist and non-Marxist theories of Capitalism, its recent development, and the prospects of a transition to socialism. The study begins with a critical examination and comparison of four major theories of capitalism, in the works of Marx, Weber, Schumpeter and Hayek. This is followed by an analysis of the most recent phase of capitalism which has been conceptualised by Marxists thinkers in various ways as 'organised capitalism'', 'state monopoly', or 'late capitalism'. Finally, Bottomore considers the question of a 'transition to socialism' in the diverse interpretations which have been offered by Marxists on one side, and by Weber, Schumpeter and Hayek on the other. Theories of Modern Capitalism will be valuable in a wide range of courses in social and political theory, and will also have an appeal to a broader readership concerned with issues of social and economic policy.