Marx and the Marxists
The Ambiguous Legacy
Published on 3. May 2021
221 pages
978-1-83974-727-4 (ISBN)
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In this work Sidney Hook, a distinguished scholar, examines the chief issues which have divided Marxists from non-Marxists, and Marxists from each other. This volume of exposition, comment and readings is offered as an introduction to the study of Marxism in conflicting theory and practice. A valuable collection of original source readings are provided, including "e;The Communist Manifesto"e;, "e;Historical Materialism,"e; "e;The Fetishism of Commodities,"e; "e;Religion and Economics,"e; and much more by Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Kautsky, Trotsky and Luxemburg.-Print ed.
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- COVER
- COPYRIGHT ©
- TITLE PAGE
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- THE AUTHOR
- DEDICATION
- PREFACE
- PART I-MARX AND THE MARXISTS
- 1-THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF KARL MARX
- 2-EVALUATION OF MARX'S CONTRIBUTIONS
- 3-ORTHODOX MARXISM-KAUTSKY, PLEKHANOV, DE LEON
- 4-REVISIONISM-BERNSTEIN AND JAURÈS
- 5-LENIN
- 6-LEON TROTSKY-FOR THE DEFENSE
- 7-ROSA LUXEMBURG
- 8-STALIN
- 9-MARXISM TODAY
- PART II-SELECTED READINGS
- -Reading No. 1-
- MARX AND ENGELS: THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO
- -Reading No. 2-
- KARL MARX: HISTORICAL MATERIALISM
- -Reading No. 3-
- KARL MARX: THE FETISHISM OF THE COMMODITY AND ITS SECRET
- -Reading No. 4-
- KARL MARX: HISTORICAL TENDENCY OF CAPITALIST ACCUMULATION
- -Reading No. 5-
- KARL MARX: RELIGION AND ECONOMICS
- -Reading No. 6-
- KARL MARX: ON TRADITION, PERSONALITY, AND CLASS-FORCES
- -Reading No. 7-
- FREDERICK ENGELS: "SCIENTIFIC" VERSUS "UTOPIAN" SOCIALISM
- -Reading No. 8-
- KARL KAUTSKY: THE INFLUENCE OF THE MODE OF PRODUCTION
- -Reading No. 8a-
- KARL KAUTSKY: ON THE AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM
- -Reading No. 9-
- GEORGI PLEKHANOV: THE INDIVIDUAL IN HISTORY
- -Reading No. 10-
- DANIEL DE LEON: INDUSTRIAL UNIONISM AND THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC
- -Reading No. 11-
- EDWARD BERNSTEIN: SOCIALIST IDEALS, FACTS, AND EXPERIENCE
- -Reading No. 12-
- JEAN JAURÈS: IDEALISM AND HISTORY
- -Reading No. 13-
- N. LENIN: STATE AND REVOLUTION
- -Reading No. 13a-
- N. LENIN: THE WORKER, THE DAY AFTER THE COMMUNISTS TAKE POWER
- -Reading No. 14-
- N. LENIN: COMMUNIST ORGANIZATION AND STRATEGY
- -Reading No. 14a-
- N. LENIN: ON SHOOTING CRITICS OUT OF SEASON
- -Reading No. 14b-
- N. LENIN: ON COMMUNIST MORALITY
- -Reading No. 14c-
- N. LENIN: ON COMMUNIST WORK IN TRADE-UNIONS
- -Reading No. 14d-
- J. STALIN: HOW TO MAKE OFFENCE LOOK LIKE DEFENCE
- -Reading No. 15-
- LEON TROTSKY: THE PERMANENT REVOLUTION
- -Reading No. 16-
- KARL KAUTSKY: TERRORISM AND COMMUNISM
- -Reading No. 16a-
- LEON TROTSKY: IN DEFENCE OF TERRORISM
- -Reading No. 17-
- ROSA LUXEMBURG: SOCIALISM AND THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS
- -Reading No. 18-
- JOSEPH STALIN: THE GENERALIZATION OF THE PERMANENT REVOLUTION
- -Reading No. 19-
- JOSEPH STALIN: ON THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT
- -Reading No. 20-
- JOSEPH STALIN: SOCIALISM IN ONE COUNTRY
- -Reading No. 20a-
- LEON TROTSKY: CRITICISM OF THE THEORY OF SOCIALISM IN ONE COUNTRY
- -Reading No. 21-
- JOSEPH STALIN: THE RENEWED BLOSSOMING OF THE STATE
- -Reading No. 22-
- THE COMMUNIST PARTY LINE IN CULTURE: LITERATURE
- -Reading No. 22a-
- THE COMMUNIST PARTY LINE IN MUSIC
- -Reading No. 22b-
- THE COMMUNIST PARTY LINE IN DRAMA
- -Reading No. 22c-
- THE COMMUNIST PARTY LINE IN BIOLOGY
- -Reading No. 22nd-
- THE COMMUNIST PARTY LINE ON THE CIRCUS
- -Reading No. 23-
- R. HILFERDING: STATE CAPITALISM OR TOTALITARIAN STATE ECONOMY
- -Reading No. 24-
- THE AIMS AND TASKS OF DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM
- A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- ABSTRACT
- REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER
