The Legacy of Marxism by Johnson, Matthew Thomas -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover-Page Half-Title Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Contributors Introduction

Contemporary conflicts, challenges and developments Structure of the book

1 What does it mean to be a Marxist?

Personal Intellectual Socio-political Conclusion Notes References

2 An image in a curved mirror: Pareto’s critique of Marxist science

The critique of Marx Conclusion References

3 Slavoj Žižek’s theory of revolution: a critique

Introduction Slavoj Žižek’s theory of revolution Two sources for an anti-totalitarian critique Conclusion: why we must keep saying totalitarianism Notes References

4 How to not read Žižek

Reading the romance Blindness and insight The reading of Žižek Laughing at Žižek The asymptotic sinthome of ideology Notes References

5 Marxism and development: a search for relevance

Introduction Marx and modernity Leninism and development Dependent development Marxism and imperialism Post-development References

Introduction The stagist conception of history Technological progress as an evaluative device Capitalism and consequentialism Instrumentalist opposition to imperialism and the possibility of skipping stages Dysfunctional strategies Explaining alliances Conclusion Notes References

7 Marx, morality and the global justice debate

Introduction Marx’s anti-moralism as a tactical choice Marx’s implicit eudaemonistic ethics The capabilities approach A constructive Marxist criticism Notes References

8 Can Marxism make sense of crime?

Introduction The lumpenproletariat Alienation The criminal justice system and the reproduction conditions of capitalism The Marxist analysis of law Distributive justice and criminal justice Communism and the end of crime? Notes References

9 Sinicized Marxist constitutionalism: its emergence, contents and implications

Introduction Emerging context of SMC and its historical roots The contents of SMC Conclusion and implications Notes References

Note References

11 Revolutionary subjectivity in post-Marxist thought: the case of Laclau and Badiou

Introduction The centrality of productive labour The objective tendency of capitalist production The subjective tendency of capitalist development The necessity of political power and the establishment of a classless society Hegemony, populism and ‘the people’ Event, truth and the faithful subject Conclusion Notes References

12 ‘Post’ or ‘Past’?: does post-Marxism have any future?

Introduction Post-Marxism and postmodernism Post-Marxism and post-Marxism Radical democracy Marxism and the crisis of modernity Conclusion References

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