
Western Marxism
A Critical Reader
New Left Review(Editor)
Verso Books (Publisher)
Published on 1. January 1983
Book
Paperback/Softback
356 pages
978-0-902308-29-9 (ISBN)
Description
This collection is designed to answer the demands of students and socialists, teachers and interested readers, for a comprehensive critique of the major schools of European Marxism since the October Revolution. It is composed of a series of carefully documented essays setting out the theories of the major thinkers of the tradition, and submitting them to searching criticism.
Essays include critiques of Lukacs by Gareth Stedman Jones and Michael Loewy; a survey of the Frankfurt School by Goeran Therborn; an assessment of the legacy of Gramsci by John Merrington; exposition and criticism of the work of Sartre by Andre Gorz and Ronald Aronson; major assessments of Althusser by Norman Geras and Andre Glucksmann and a wide-ranging interview with the Italian philosopher Lucio Colletti that provides an overview of Western Marxism.
Essays include critiques of Lukacs by Gareth Stedman Jones and Michael Loewy; a survey of the Frankfurt School by Goeran Therborn; an assessment of the legacy of Gramsci by John Merrington; exposition and criticism of the work of Sartre by Andre Gorz and Ronald Aronson; major assessments of Althusser by Norman Geras and Andre Glucksmann and a wide-ranging interview with the Italian philosopher Lucio Colletti that provides an overview of Western Marxism.
Reviews / Votes
The eight essays and one interview are a vital contribution, provocative and intelligent. A must. * Choice * An extremely useful package of materials which should be of great value as a stimulus for reflection on the Western Marxist tradition. * Radical Philosophy * An important contribution to the debate about contemporary Marxism. * Guardian * The standard and originality of these pieces are themselves proof of a lively, productive yet critical Marxist tradition. * Time Out *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 200 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
373 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-902308-29-9 (9780902308299)
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01/1977
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