With characteristic clarity and insight, historian and activist Paul Le Blanc offers a sweeping survey of the key contributions of Marxist theory, exploring its relevance to twentieth-century revolutionary movements and figures.
Paul Le Blanc Has written on and participated in the US labor, radical and civil rights movements, and is author of numerous books.
Table des matières
Introduction
THEORY
1. Explorations in Plain Marxism
2. Uneven and Combined Development and the Swirl of History
3. Radical Labor Subculture: Key to Past and Future Insurgencies
4. Class and Identities
5. Democracy
HISTORY
6. The Russian Revolutions of 1917
7. Making Sense of Post-Revolutionary Russia
8. Origins and Trajectory of the Cuban Revolution
9. Nicaragua: Revolution Permanent or Impermanent?
10. South Africa: Race, Class, Vanguard
11. India: Peculiarities of Development and Revolution
PEOPLE
12. Spider and Fly: The Leninist Philosophy of Georg Lukács
13. Antonio Gramsci and the Modern Prince
14. The Odyssey of James Burnham
15. Dennis Brutus: Poet as Revolutionary
16. Revolutionary Patience: Daniel Bensaïd
Acknowledgements