The current resurgence of Marxism is based on new sources of inspiration and creativity from movements that seek democratic, egalitarian and ecological alternatives to capitalism. The Marxism of many of these movements is neither dogmatic nor prescriptive, but rather, open, searching, utopian. It revolves around four primary factors: the importance of democracy for an emancipatory project; the ecological limits of capitalism; the crisis of global capitalism; and the learning of lessons from the failures of Marxist-inspired experiments. Marxisms in the Twenty-First Century challenges vanguardist Marxism featured in South Africa and beyond. Featuring leading thinkers from the Left, the book offers provocative ideas on interpreting our current world and serves as an excellent introduction to new ways of thinking about Marxism to students and scholars in the field. Many anti-capitalist traditions and themes – including democracy, globalisation, feminism, critique and ecology inform and shape the contributions in this volume.
Tabella dei contenuti
Introduction – Michelle Williams Chapter 1 Marxism and democracy: Liberal, vanguard or direct? – Michelle Williams Chapter 2 Marxism after Polanyi – Michael Burawoy Chapter 3 Transnationalising Gramscian Marxism – Vishwas Satgar Chapter 4 Notes on critique – Ahmed Veriava Chapter 5 Marxism and feminism: ‘Unhappy marriage’ or creative partnership? – Jacklyn Cock and Meg Luxton Chapter 6 Marx and the eco-logic of fossil capitalism – Devan Pillay Chapter 7 Retrospect: Seven theses about Africa’s Marxist regimes – Daryl Glaser Chapter 8 Socialism and southern Africa – John S. Saul Chapter 9 Uneven and combined Marxism within South Africa’s urban social movements – Patrick Bond, Ashwin Desai and Trevor Ngwane Chapter 10 Critical reflections on the crisis and limits of ANC ‘Marxism’ 260 – Mazibuko K. Jara Conclusion – Vishwas Satgar
Circa l’autore
Ahmed Veriava is researcher, writer and lecturer in the Department of Political Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
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