Description
Alien Politics retrieves from the writings of Marx an original theory of the state which remains viable and relevant today. Paul Thomas traces the process by which Marx's theory of the state as the instrument of the capitalist ruling class became transformed into communist dogma under the auspices of Lenin and other "official" Marxist stalwarts. He argues that Marx's writings still have something to teach us and should not be pulled down with the monoliths and mausoleums of communism.
Table of Contents
REFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION : WHAT PRICE THE STAT E ?
1. THE STATE AS A FINISHED THING ”
2. MARX AND HEGEL : MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT
3. “THE SABRE , THE COWL , THE M U S K E T ” : M A R X ’S B R U M A IR E
4. THE S TATE AS TOPOS : LENIN AND GR AM S C I
5. S U B J E C T - S T A T E , O B J E C T - S T A T E : FROM G RAM SC I TO P OU L AN T Z A S
6. THE S TATE OF THE S TA T E : KAU T SK Y , E U R O C O M M U N ISM AND BEYOND CONCLUSION
