The Radical Left and Social Transformation: Strategies of Augmentation and Reorganization

ISBN-13: 9780367109899 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 234 str.

Robert Latham; Karen Bridget Murray; Julian Von Bargen

Opis

This book re-engages with Marxian thought to analyse the potential for social transformation through a reinvigorated radical Left, within the context of the ascendance of an ethno-nationalist, patriarchal and authoritarian far Right. It was first published as a special issue of Global Discourse.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Augmenting the Left A. T. Kingsmith, Julian von Bargen, Karen Bridget Murray and Robert Latham  2. Contemporary capitalism, uneven development, and the arc of anti-capitalism Robert Latham  3. War as politics: a reply to Latham Arto Artinian  4. Neoliberalism as a historical stage Kojin Karatani  5. Capitalism, imperialism, and modes of exchange: a reply to Karatani Joel Wainwright  6. ‘Life finds a way’: mapping a post-positivist marxian science A. T. Kingsmith and Julian von Bargen  7. Did life find its way? A reply to Kingsmith and von Bargen Athina Karatzogianni  8. Who’s afraid of the people? The debate between political agoraphobia and political agoraphilia Francis Dupuis-Déri  9. Democracy and etceteras: a reply to Dupuis-Déri Žiga Vodovnik  10. Rethinking the left: a view from Latin America Ronaldo Munck  11. Deconstructing Latin American development: postdevelopment critical theory or Marxist political economy?: A reply to Munck Henry Veltmeyer  12. Refugees in Greece: the Greeks as ‘refugees’ Aspasia Velissariou  13. Transcending the nation: a communist strategy in the era of globalization. A reply to Velissariou John Milios  14. The national question, partition and geopolitics in the 21st century: the Cyprus problem, the social question and the politics of reconciliation Nicos Trimikliniotis  15. Domesticating radicalism or radicalising domestic politics? A reply to Trimikliniotis Vasilios Ioakimidis  16. Re-imagining the left through an ecology of the commons: towards a post-capitalist commons transition Michel Bauwens and Jose Ramos  17. Commons manifestos: a reply to Bauwens and Ramos Graham Murdock  18. Strategies for a radical left Kieran Allen  19. Power beyond the state: a reply to Allen Craig Willse  20. Expanding the horizon: for a Libertarian Marxism Michael Löwy and Olivier Besancenot  21. The possibility of a libertarian Marxism? A reply to Löwy and Besancenot Michael D. Yates