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书名: A Future For Marxism?: Althusser, the Analytical Turn and the Revival of Socialist Theory
作者: Andrew Levine (Author)
出版社: Pluto Press (January 20, 2003)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0745319874
ISBN-13: 978-0745319872
Book Description
Not long ago, Marxist philosophy flourished. Yet in recent years theorists have turned away from Marxism. This book aims to revive Marxist theory, and show how it offers a rich foundation for radical socialist thinking in the forseeable future.
To do this, Andrew Levine examines two recent departures in Marxist thought -- Althusserian and Analytical Marxism. The former is currently defunct; the latter, very nearly so. He assesses the shortcomings of each, while emphasising their considerable, and still timely, merits. The discussion is framed against an analysis of socialism's place in the political life of the past two centuries. Levine assesses the apparent historical defeat of the Left generally since the consolidation of the Reagan-Thatcher era and speculates on current signs of renewal.
He argues that both Althusserian and analytical Marxism represent new and deeply important philosophical departures within the Marxist tradition as they force a rethinking of Marxism's scientific and political project. For all their differences in style and substance, these strains of Marxist thought share important thematic and sociological features and Levine concludes that both traditions provide a legacy upon which a revived Left can build.
Review
"I think it would become an essential reference wherever Marxist theory is taught ... Publish it as as soon as possible, and circulate it in large numbers" -- Alan Carling, editor of Imprints (Journal of Analytical Socialism)
"The existing chapters are excellent ... should be very compelling intellectually" -- Sebastian Budgen (editor of Historical Materialism)
About the Author
Andrew Levine is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His recent books include ‘The End of the State’ (Verso), ‘The General Will’ (Cambridge), ‘Rethinking Liberal Equality’ (Cornell) and ‘Engaging Political Philosophy: Hobbes to Rawls’ (Blackwell).
