书名: Marx for a Post-Communist Era: On Poverty, Corruption and Banality (Ideas)
作者: Stefan Sullivan (Author)
出版社: Routledge; 1 edition (January 18, 2002)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0415201934
ISBN-13: 978-0415201933
Book Description
Marx for a Post-Communist Era: On Poverty, Corruption and Banality is a clear and accessible exploration of why Marx still matters today. Despite the countless autopsies on Marx that followed the collapse of the iron curtain, many argue that Marxist ideas are as relevant as ever in the post-communist world.
Stefan Sullivan begins with a historical overview of Marx and the development of Marxist thought, before concentrating on the application of Marx's ideas to specific post-1989 features of global capitalism. He shows that that core capitalist obstacles to freedom predicted by Marx - poverty, corruption and banality - continue to hold relevance in the modern world. By examining each of these themes in turn, Sullivan demonstrates the critical potential of Marxist thought in the twenty-first century and sheds light on our understanding of contemporary economics, politics and culture.
Marx for a Post Communist Era combines a deep understanding of Marxist thought with journalistic engagement in real world themes. Stefan Sullivan draws on examples including the 2000 US Presidential elections, Russian tax evasion, the recent protests against the World Bank and the IMF, the ascent of Hollywood and Silicon Valley, and the fascination with fake theme bars, ethno-chic fashion and the retro-trend in design. In doing so, he highlights Marx's legacy outside the academic world.
Review
"Possibly the most stigmatized thinker in the west, Marx has been distorted or co-opted by friends and foes alike. In a sober journalistic style, Stefan Sullivan's Marx for a Post-Communist Era reinvigorates a Marxist critique tarnished by esoteric scholasticism, party sloganeering and simplistic refutations." -- John Huntington, Politics and Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse, Washington D.C.
"Sullivan's clear and lucid retelling of the cultural origins and history of Marxism and economic theory is unparalleled." -- C. Jason Smith Reconstruction
"Sullivan's book is invigorating: readable and relevant in telling detail, it dissects the economic, political and cultural consequences of a world society driven by profit and greed. A marvelously humane and hopeful critique of the dominant ideology." -- Prof. David McLellan, University of Kent
"Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, most scholars and policymakers embraced an end of history euphoria - in short, now that the USSR was dead, all the world would increasingly adopt Western forms of political and economic governance (free markets and elections). And that was sufficient. Of course the events of the past few years, from the Crises in Asia and Russia to the attacks of September 11 have called this view into question. What first principles are there to help us move beyond the clichs and develop some sound analytical lenses? Stefan Sullivan, bucking all trends, builds a compelling argument about why Marx is still very important to understand current issues in international political economy and culture. Revisiting is not to say that the USSR will be back, but rather it is to appreciate what insights we find in the writings of one of the most important social theorists of the modern era." -- Prof. Gerald McDermott, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
About the Author
Stefan Sullivan is the author of numerous articles on international affairs and one novel, The Final Slum, which won a Discovery Award at the 2001 Hollywood Film Festival. In 1994 he received his PhD in political philosophy from Oxford University with a dissertation on Hegel and Marx. He lives in Washington, DC.
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作者: Stefan Sullivan (Author)
出版社: Routledge; 1 edition (January 18, 2002)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0415201934
ISBN-13: 978-0415201933
Book Description
Marx for a Post-Communist Era: On Poverty, Corruption and Banality is a clear and accessible exploration of why Marx still matters today. Despite the countless autopsies on Marx that followed the collapse of the iron curtain, many argue that Marxist ideas are as relevant as ever in the post-communist world.
Stefan Sullivan begins with a historical overview of Marx and the development of Marxist thought, before concentrating on the application of Marx's ideas to specific post-1989 features of global capitalism. He shows that that core capitalist obstacles to freedom predicted by Marx - poverty, corruption and banality - continue to hold relevance in the modern world. By examining each of these themes in turn, Sullivan demonstrates the critical potential of Marxist thought in the twenty-first century and sheds light on our understanding of contemporary economics, politics and culture.
Marx for a Post Communist Era combines a deep understanding of Marxist thought with journalistic engagement in real world themes. Stefan Sullivan draws on examples including the 2000 US Presidential elections, Russian tax evasion, the recent protests against the World Bank and the IMF, the ascent of Hollywood and Silicon Valley, and the fascination with fake theme bars, ethno-chic fashion and the retro-trend in design. In doing so, he highlights Marx's legacy outside the academic world.
Review
"Possibly the most stigmatized thinker in the west, Marx has been distorted or co-opted by friends and foes alike. In a sober journalistic style, Stefan Sullivan's Marx for a Post-Communist Era reinvigorates a Marxist critique tarnished by esoteric scholasticism, party sloganeering and simplistic refutations." -- John Huntington, Politics and Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse, Washington D.C.
"Sullivan's clear and lucid retelling of the cultural origins and history of Marxism and economic theory is unparalleled." -- C. Jason Smith Reconstruction
"Sullivan's book is invigorating: readable and relevant in telling detail, it dissects the economic, political and cultural consequences of a world society driven by profit and greed. A marvelously humane and hopeful critique of the dominant ideology." -- Prof. David McLellan, University of Kent
"Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, most scholars and policymakers embraced an end of history euphoria - in short, now that the USSR was dead, all the world would increasingly adopt Western forms of political and economic governance (free markets and elections). And that was sufficient. Of course the events of the past few years, from the Crises in Asia and Russia to the attacks of September 11 have called this view into question. What first principles are there to help us move beyond the clichs and develop some sound analytical lenses? Stefan Sullivan, bucking all trends, builds a compelling argument about why Marx is still very important to understand current issues in international political economy and culture. Revisiting is not to say that the USSR will be back, but rather it is to appreciate what insights we find in the writings of one of the most important social theorists of the modern era." -- Prof. Gerald McDermott, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
About the Author
Stefan Sullivan is the author of numerous articles on international affairs and one novel, The Final Slum, which won a Discovery Award at the 2001 Hollywood Film Festival. In 1994 he received his PhD in political philosophy from Oxford University with a dissertation on Hegel and Marx. He lives in Washington, DC.
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