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Marx @ 2000

by Ronaldo Munck
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Overview

Marx is out of fashion in intellectual circles on the whole but he is increasingly seen as an astute and relevant guide to the spread of a new raw capitalism world wide. This book is not an exercise in a scholastic Marxology, but a timely and lively reappraisal of Marx and the socialist experience in the light of subsequent political and intellectual developments.

Synopsis

Even conservative commentators recognize the renewed relevance of Karl Marx's thought in the era of globalization, which this book provides a lively, topical, and balanced introduction to.

Ernest Laclau

An excellent account of the various issues confronting Marxist theory at the end of the 20th century.

About the Author, Ronaldo Munck

Ronaldo Munck is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Liverpool.

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Editorials

Bob Jessop

Highly readable, richly informed, historically well-grounded, and provocatively argued.

Ernest Laclau

An excellent account of the various issues confronting Marxist theory at the end of the 20th century.

Booknews

Disagreeing with Fukuyama and others that declared the death of Marxism and the "end of history," Munck (sociology, U. of Liverpool, UK) attempts to construct a Marxism that incorporates elements of its past with observations of today's political realities and with newer perspectives of feminism, ecology, and cultural criticism. Not adverse to radical transformations of Marxist thought, such as de-centering the worker from the analysis of the overthrow of capitalism, Munck doesn't attempt to create a comprehensive construct, preferring to visit problems of nationalism, feminism, and the like as pointers for a number of paths that Marxism should be pointed down. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Book Details

Published
January 1, 2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pages
184
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780312224073

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