Marx for a Postcommunist Era: On Poverty, Corruption, and Banality - Couverture rigide

Sullivan, Stefan

 
9780415201926: Marx for a Postcommunist Era: On Poverty, Corruption, and Banality
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0415201926 ISBN 13 : 9780415201926
Editeur : Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

Was Marxism a variety of German Idealist self-actualization in economic form? A deeply flawed blueprint for social engineering? A catechism for post-colonial insurgencies? the intellectual foundations of modern social democracy? In this wide ranging summation, Sullivan tackles the multi-tentacled reach of Marx's legacy, and explores both the limits and the lasting significance of his ideas.

Structured around three obstacles to freedom - poverty, corruption and banality - the work engages both Marx and his critics in addressing unresolved issues of the current social and political order. As such, the work, after two introductory chapters, leaves behind Marxology and its familiar cast of characters (Bernstein, Kautsky, Adorno, Lukacs, Fanon, Horkheimer, Marcuse, etc.) to address both neo-Marxist and non-Marxist interpretations of these obstacles. These include growth-led poverty alleviation, human capital theory, current debates on rent-seeking and public choice theory, weaknesses in Frankfurt School approaches to mass culture, and emerging trends in cyberspace and leisure consumption.

Marx for a Post-Communist Era is credited as a foundational theoretical source in a wide range of contemporary studies. Some examples include a government-sponsored anti-corruption report in Peru, a study of neoliberalism and education reform in the UK, and an urban planning essay on museum spaces and the public good.

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À propos de l?auteur

Stefan Sullivan has authored numerous articles on international affairs and one novel, The Final Slum, which won a Discovery Award at the 2001 Hollywood Film Festival. In 1994, he received his PhD in political philosophy from Oxford University with a dissertation on Hegel and Marx. He lives in Washington D.C.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0415201926
ISBN 13 
9780415201926
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
202
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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