Critical Companion to Contemporary Marxism (Historical Materialism) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1608460304 ISBN 13: 9781608460304

Publisher: Haymarket Books, 2009

Synopsis

The Critical Companion to Contemporary Marxism is an international and interdisciplinary volume which aims to provide a thorough and precise panorama of recent developments in Marxist theory in the US, Europe, Asia and beyond. Drawing on the work of thirty of the most authoritative scholars, the Companion spans all the humanities and social sciences, with particular emphasis on philosophy. The work is divided into three parts: 'General Trends', which provides a broad intellectual and historical context; 'Currents', which tracks the trajectories of twenty specific currents or disciplinary fields; and 'Figures', which examines in detail the work of fifteen key actors of Marxist or para-Marxist theory (Adorno, Althusser, Badiou, Benjamin, Bhaskar, Bourdieu, Deleuze, Derrida, Foucault, Gramsci, Habermas, Jameson, Lefebvre, Uno, Williams). The Companion is set to be unsurpassed for many years, in breadth and depth, as the definitive guide to contemporary Marxism.

Jacques Bidet is Professor at the University of Paris-X, holding the chair of Political Philosophy and Theories of Society. His other publications include Théorie de la modernité (1990), John Rawls et la théorie de la justice (1995), Théorie générale, Théorie du droit, de l’économie et de la politique (1999) and Explication et reconstruction du 'Capital' (2004). His Exploring Marx's 'Capital' was published in the HM Book Series in 2007.
Stathis Kouvelakis teaches Political Theory and Philosophy at King's College London. He is the author of Philosophy and Revolution. From Kant to Marx (London, 2003) and the co-editor, with Slavoj Zizek and Sebastian Budgen, of Lenin Reloaded. Towards a Politics of Truth (Durham, 2007).

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About the Author

Jacques Bidet is Professor at the University of Paris-X, holding the chair of Political Philosophy and Theories of Society. His other publications includeThéorie de la modernité (1990), John Rawls et la théorie de la justice (1995),Théorie générale, Théorie du droit, de l’économie et de la politique (1999) andExplication et reconstruction du 'Capital' (2004). His Exploring Marx's 'Capital' was published in the HM Book Series in 2007.Stathis Kouvelakis teaches Political Theory and Philosophy at King's College London. He is the author ofPhilosophy and Revolution. From Kant to Marx (London, 2003) and the co-editor, with Slavoj Zizek and Sebastian Budgen, ofLenin Reloaded. Towards a Politics of Truth (Durham, 2007).

Review

The central purpose of this volume is both to highlight the recent crises that Marxism has endured and to offer a number of ways to move Marxism beyond these challanges. Michael Arfken Marx & Philosophy Review of Books, 26 July 2011 Recommended by CHOICE (September 2008)

Edition details

• Publisher: Haymarket Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1608460304
• ISBN 13: 9781608460304
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 816
• Editor: Bidet Jacques, Kouvelakis Stathis