Marxism Beyond Marxism

"Marxism is long dead, communism was nothing but a utopia, and history ended with the wall dividing Europe in two." This book was written to oppose this understanding, which has been defended for years by the ideologists of postmodern capitalism. The authors emphasize that the claim that Marxism has collapsed along with all the values it evokes for humanity is the right time to talk about communism and that this need has never been felt so acutely before. They think that beyond the lived and politically consumed Marxism, there is still a Marxism waiting to be examined. But there are also warnings. What they choose to call communism, they point out, has no kinship with the thoughtless and stifling effort represented by the Soviet Union or other state socialisms. Their communism is thought and designed more as an analytical tool that provides the imagination and creates action opportunities necessary to transform existing social and political structures. Beyond Marxism Marxism is a product of this effort of analysis. The authors contributing to this compilation examine the possibility of reaching a Marxism beyond Marxism in terms of globalizing capitalism, "socialism" that no longer exists, feminism, various radical movements positioned against capitalism and their struggle strategies. The aim of this effort is to both produce and map the beyond of Marxism. While capital progresses and changes at the same speed as computer viruses, people cannot afford to sit still and not change. ...



Number of Pages: 448

Year of Printing: 2005


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Imge Bookstore

First Printing Year: 2005

Number of Pages: 448

Language Turkish