On the Formation of Marxism : Karl Kautsky's Theory of Capitalism, the Marxism of the Second International and Karl Marx's Critique of Political.. (Historical Materialism)

Gronow, Jukka

Haymarket Books（2017/05発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 334 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781608467037
• DDC分類 335.4

Full Description

Karl Kautsky was, for three decades before the First World War, the main authority on the intellectual heritage of Marx and Engels. His interpretation of Marx's Capital and the basic laws and contradictions of capitalism was the reference point for both the foes and allies of Social Democracy.

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction

PART I: KAUTSKY'S MARXISM

1. Organised Capitalism, the General Cartel and the Proletariat
2. The Dispute over Revisionism
3. The Theory of Immiseration, Socialist Consciousness and the Intellectuals
4. Socialism as Science
5. The Capitalist Law of Appropriation: Kautsky's Interpretation of Karl Marx's Economic Thought
6. The Centralisation of Capital and Monopoly Formation
7. Imperialism and the Relation between Industrial and Agrarian Countries
8. Imperialism and Its Alternatives
9. Imperialism as the Last Stage of Capitalism
10. Theoretical Sources of Kautsky's and Lenin's Studies on Imperialism
11. Imperialism as the Truth about Capitalism
12. Parliamentary Democracy and Revolutionary Tactics
13. The Question of Democracy and Dictatorship: Lenin's Critique of Kautsky the Renegade

PART II: MARX'S MARXISM

14. The Immanent Critique and the Natural Rights Theory
15. John Locke, Adam Smith and Karl Marx's Critique of Private Property
16. The Principle of Labour
17. The Theory of Increasing Misery and the Critique of Capitalism

Conclusion
Bibliography
Index