On the Vitality of Marxian Thought: Elmar Altvater, 1938–2018
Elmar Altvater has died, shortly before his 80th birthday.
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Posts tagged: marxism
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Video: Nancy Fraser — Marx and Feminism
"I think the days of pitting feminism against socialism or Marxism are over," says Nancy Fraser in a new short video.
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Marx and Sociology
Why sociological questions cannot be answered by Marxian theory, and vice versa.
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A New Practice of Politics: Althusser and Marxist Philosophy
Since the conjuncture that marked the reception of Althusser’s works, it has become clearer that the the initial Anglophone interpretation of Althusser involved considerable conceptual mistranslation, and his texts have since then been cursed by a reputation which powerfully precedes the reading.
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The Only Way Out is Through: A Reply to Melinda Cooper
Kate Doyle Griffiths responds to Melinda Cooper's critique of Social Reproduction Theory.
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In Defence of Metabolic Rift Theory
One Marxist line of inquiry into environmental problems has outshone all others in creativity and productivity: the theory of the metabolic rift.
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Video: Jodi Dean — The Ideal of Democracy and Revolutionary Socialism
Jodi Dean asks "whether democracy can name a division adequate to a revolutionary anti-capitalist politics."
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A New Form of Practical Criticism: Michael Denning on Raymond Williams
In a conversation with Phil O'Brien of the Raymond Williams Society, Michael Denning discusses his four decades of learning from Williams' work.
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G.M. Tamás on Georg Lukács: An Interview
Tamás discusses Lukács' philosophy and the attack on his legacy in Orbán's Hungary.
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Political Theory Bookshelf: The Philosophy of Marx
An excerpt from Étienne Balibar's introduction to the 2017 edition of The Philosophy of Marx — part of the Political Theory Bookshelf sale, 50% off until Sunday, March 4 at 11:59pm EST.
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Man as Idea (1939)
Idealism appears in bourgeois philosophy to oppose itself to mechanism, and in a certain sense it does. But if we look into concrete living, we see that both are generated simultaneously.
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Mapping Social Reproduction Theory
Tithi Bhattacharya offers an introduction to the methods, insights, and strategic implications of Social Reproduction Theory.
