Coutinho (political theory, U. Federal do Rio d Janeiro) investigates Antonio Gramsci's thoughts on class politics and modern political philosophy, focusing on key texts and moments in his life. He pr
Marot (history, Keimyung U., South Korea) analyzes the development of socialism in Russia and advances a perspective on the Stalinist subversion that eschews social-historical interpretations as "in t
Jack M. Bloom presents a moving account of how an opposition developed and triumphed in communist Poland, showing the perspectives and experiences of the participants, while often letting them recount
In Social-Imperialism in Britain, Neil Redfern argues that the establishment of the ‘Welfare State’ in Britain was the outcome of a social-imperialist contract between labour and capital constructed i
In Marx on Capitalism, James Furner offers a new answer to the fundamental question of Marxism: can a philosophical thesis connecting capital, the state and classes with the desirability of socialism
The present work argues that biblical theology is the attempt to ‘update’ the ‘language of the message’. It is the work of translation: it searches for a language that attends to the concerns of today
In The Thatcherite Offensive, Alexander Gallas shows that Thatcherism’s unity as a political project lay in the fact that the Thatcher governments profoundly shifted class relations in Britain in favo
The Politics of Transindividuality proposes a new understanding of not just the relation of the individual to the collective, but of politics and economics, one that can not only keep pace with existi
This ambitious book presents a comprehensive new 'macro-monetary' interpretation of Marx’s logical method inCapital, based on substantial textual evidence, and concludes that, contrary to the prevaili
Art and Value is the first comprehensive analysis of art's economics. Key debates in classical, neoclassical and Marxist theories of art are subjected to an exacting critique. The book concludes with
More than 600 delegates from 55 countries gathered for the Congress to grapple with the decline in support for communism among workers in Europe. The many viewpoints expressed are generally grouped in
Boer (biblical studies, McGill U.) presents a study and revaluation of Marx and Engels' engagement with theology. Theology and its contradictions crop up again and again in Marx and Engels' writing as
In Gramsci's Pathways Guido Liguori offers a philological 'excavation' of the Sardinian Communist'sPrison Notebooks, providing fresh insight into the central themes of his thought.
In Studies on Pre-Capitalist Modes of Production British and Argentinian historians analyse the Asiatic, Germanic, peasant, slave, feudal, and tributary modes of production by exploring historical pro
Expelled from the Communist Party, some of the Lovestone group’s 'American Exceptionalists' became influential in labor and civil rights movements, others icons of Cold War anti-Communism. Yet their w
In Time, Capitalism and Alienation, Jonathan Martineau provides a socio-historical analysis of the modern temporal regime and its relationship to capitalist development, from the innovation of the clo
Wood (emerita, political science, York University, Canada) is a preeminent political theorist whose writings over the course of three decades have been innovative and influential concerning the social
Cataclysm 1914 brings together a number of prominent leftist scholars from a variety of fields to explore the many aspects of the origins, trajectories and consequences of the First World War and its
Prophets Unarmed is an authoritative sourcebook on the Chinese Communist Party's main early opposition. The Opposition’s standpoints and proposals and its association with the democratic movement are
