The Relevance Of The Communist Manifesto
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Author |
: Slavoj Zizek |
Publisher |
: John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages |
: 23 |
Release |
: 2019-02-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781509536122 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1509536124 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto by : Slavoj Zizek
No other Marxist text has come close to achieving the fame and influence of The Communist Manifesto. Translated into over 100 languages, this clarion call to the workers of the world radically shaped the events of the twentieth century. But what relevance does it have for us today? In this slim book Slavoj Zizek argues that, while exploitation no longer occurs the way Marx described it, it has by no means disappeared; on the contrary, the profit once generated through the exploitation of workers has been transformed into rent appropriated through the privatization of the ‘general intellect’. Entrepreneurs like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg have become extremely wealthy not because they are exploiting their workers but because they are appropriating the rent for allowing millions of people to participate in the new form of the ‘general intellect’ that they own and control. But, even if Marx’s analysis can no longer be applied to our contemporary world of global capitalism without significant revision, the fundamental problem with which he was concerned, the problem of the commons in all its dimensions – the commons of nature, the cultural commons, and the commons as the universal space of humanity from which no one should be excluded – remains as relevant as ever. This timely reflection on the enduring relevance of The Communist Manifesto will be of great value to everyone interested in the key questions of radical politics today.
Author |
: Slavoj Zizek |
Publisher |
: John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages |
: 180 |
Release |
: 2018-05-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781509521449 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1509521445 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Synopsis Reading Marx by : Slavoj Zizek
Marx's critique of political economy is vital for understanding the crisis of contemporary capitalism. Yet the nature of its relevance and some of its key tenets remain poorly understood. This bold intervention brings together the work of leading Marx scholars Slavoj i ek, Frank Ruda and Agon Hamza, to offer a fresh, radical reinterpretation of Marxism that explains the failures of neoliberalism and lays the foundations for a new emancipatory politics. Avoiding trite comparisons between Marx's worldview and our current political scene, the authors show that the current relevance and value of Marx's thought can better be explained by placing his key ideas in dialogue with those that have attempted to replace them. Reading Marx through Hegel and Lacan, particle physics, and modern political trends, the authors provide new ways to explain the crisis in contemporary capitalism and resist fundamentalism in all its forms. Reading Marx will find a wide audience amongst activists and scholars.
Author |
: Ernesto Che Guevara |
Publisher |
: Ocean Press |
Total Pages |
: 186 |
Release |
: 2015-04-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780987228338 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0987228331 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis Manifesto by : Ernesto Che Guevara
“If you are curious and open to the life around you, if you are troubled as to why, how and by whom political power is held and used, if you sense there must be good intellectual reasons for your unease, if your curiosity and openness drive you toward wishing to act with others, to ‘do something,’ you already have much in common with the writers of the three essays in this book.” — Adrienne Rich With a preface by Adrienne Rich, Manifesto presents the radical vision of four famous young rebels: Marx and Engels’ Communist Manifesto, Rosa Luxemburg’s Reform or Revolution and Che Guevara’s Socialism and Humanity.
Author |
: Leslie Holmes |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 177 |
Release |
: 2009-08-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199551545 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199551545 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis Communism: A Very Short Introduction by : Leslie Holmes
The collapse of communism was one of the most defining moments of the twentieth century. This Very Short Introduction examines the history behind the political, economic, and social structures of communism as an ideology.
Author |
: Douglas Moggach |
Publisher |
: University of Ottawa Press |
Total Pages |
: 209 |
Release |
: 2000 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780776604954 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0776604953 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Social Question and the Democratic Revolution by : Douglas Moggach
The revolutionary movements of 1848 viewed the political cataclysm of continental Europe as an explosion of liberty, a new age of freedom and equality. This collection focuses on the relationship between democratic and socialist currents in 1848, seeking to reassess the relevance of these currents to the present era of global economic liberalism. Published in English.
Author |
: Chris Harman |
Publisher |
: Haymarket Books |
Total Pages |
: 426 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781608461042 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1608461041 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis Zombie Capitalism by : Chris Harman
We've been told for years that the capitalist free market is a self-correcting perpetual growth machine in which sellers always find buyers, precluding any major crisis in the system. Then the credit crunch of August 2007 turned into the great crash of September–October 2008, leading one apologist for the system, Willem Buiter, to write of "the end of capitalism as we knew it." As the crisis unfolded, the world witnessed the way in which the runaway speculation of the "shadow" banking system wreaked havoc on world markets, leaving real human devastation in its wake. Faced with the financial crisis, some economic commentators began to talk of "zombie banks"–financial institutions that were in an "undead state" and incapable of fulfilling any positive function but a threat to everything else. What they do not realize is that twenty-first century capitalism as a whole is a zombie system, seemingly dead when it comes to achieving human goals.
Author |
: Alex Callinicos |
Publisher |
: Haymarket Books |
Total Pages |
: 206 |
Release |
: 2012-01-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781608461653 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1608461653 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx by : Alex Callinicos
An accessible introduction to the author of Capital and coauthor of The Communist Manifesto, with a focus on his relevance in today’s world. Few thinkers have been declared irrelevant and out-of-date with such frequency as Karl Marx. Hardly a decade has gone by since his death in which establishment critics have not announced the death of his theory. And yet, despite their best efforts to bury him, Marx’s specter continues to haunt his detractors more than a century after his passing. As the boom and bust cycle of global capitalism continues to widen inequality around the world, a new generation is discovering that the problems Marx addressed in his time are remarkably similar to those of our own. In this engaging and accessible introduction, Alex Callinicos demonstrates that Marx’s ideas hold an enduring relevance for today’s activists fighting against poverty, oppression, environmental destruction, and the numerous other injustices of the capitalist system.
Author |
: Karl Marx |
Publisher |
: Knickerbocker Classics |
Total Pages |
: 252 |
Release |
: 2019-02-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780760365571 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0760365571 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital by : Karl Marx
The unabridged versions of these definitive works are now available together as a highly designed paperback with flaps with a new introduction by Robert Weick. Part of the Knickerbocker Classics series, a modern design makes this timeless book a perfect travel companion. Considered to be one of the most influential political writings, The Communist Manifesto is as relevant today as when it was originally published. This pamphlet by the German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, published in 1884 as revolutions were erupting across Europe, discusses class struggles and the problems of a capitalist society. After being exiled to London, Marx published the first part of Das Kapital, a theoretical text that argues that capitalism will create greater and greater division in wealth and welfare and ultimately be replaced by a system of common ownership of the means of production. After Marx's death, Engels completed and published the second and third parts from his colleague's notes. The Knickerbocker Classics bring together the essential works of classic authors from around the world in stunning editions to be collected and enjoyed.
Author |
: Vladimir Ilʹich Lenin |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 144 |
Release |
: 1919 |
ISBN-10 |
: CORNELL:31924081305603 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis The State and Revolution by : Vladimir Ilʹich Lenin
Author |
: Jodi Dean |
Publisher |
: Verso Books |
Total Pages |
: 256 |
Release |
: 2012-10-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781844679553 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1844679551 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Communist Horizon by : Jodi Dean
In this new title in Verso’s Pocket Communism series, Jodi Dean unshackles the communist ideal from the failures of theSoviet Union. In an age when the malfeasance of internationalbanking has alerted exploited populations the world over to theunsustainability of an economic system predicated on perpetualgrowth, it is time the left ended its melancholic accommodationwith capitalism. In the new capitalism of networked information technologies, ourvery ability to communicate is exploited, but revolution is stillpossible if we organize on the basis of our common and collectivedesires. Examining the experience of the Occupy movement, Deanargues that such spontaneity can’t develop into a revolution andit needs to constitute itself as a party. An innovative work of pressing relevance, The Communist Horizonoffers nothing less than a manifesto for a new collective politics.