Description
This volume, which initially appeared in 1970, constitutes a major set of statements by leading social scientists, historians, and philosophers to explain the continuing impact of Marxism 150 years after its emergence. The second edition is graced with a stunning new 50 page essay by the editor on the Asiatic mode of production-what has been called the Achilles heel of Marxism by some and its limiting case by others., Marxism: The Inner Dialogues covers a wide range of basic issues and problems arising from what has been said for, against, and about Marxism. This is a rich and systematic collection of writing by the foremost authorities on the subject in the world. The book provides the most inclusive and lasting analysis of Marxist thought available. Professor Curtis has confronted current problems in Marxist studies in the context of the classic concerns of western thought., In addition to new material, the book includes discussions of the meaning fulness of Marxist theory, Marxist doctrine as ideology, the unity or lack thereof in Marxism, claims to the true inheritance of Marx, alienation in Marxist thought, the ethical bases of Marxism, the sociological worth of Marxist analysis, the validity of the dialectic, the materialist conception of history, Marxism and economic analysis, political theory and the proletariat, socialism and state power, and Marxist doctrine and modernization., Marxism: The Inner Dialogues, with contributions from major figures such as George Lichtheim, Lewis Coser, T.B. Bottomore, Daniel Bell, Alasdair Maclntyre, Oskar Lange, Ralf Dahrendorf, Seymour Martin Lipset, and Robert Tucker, among others, provides a highly useful compendium that can be extremely valuable in courses in general political theory and the theories driving modern social movements.
Table of Contents
Preface, Introduction, PART ONE POLITICAL THEORY, SOCIAL SCIENCE, OR IDEOLOGY?, From Theory to Ideology, 1. George Lichtheim, On the Interpretation of Marx’s Thought, 2. Lewis Coser and Irving Howe, The Role of Ideology, Marxism: Consistency or Revisionism?, 3. Donald Clark Hodges, The Unity of Marx’s Thought, 4. Charles F. Elliott, Problems of Marxist Revisionism, Marxism and Political Modernization, 5. Richard Lowenthal, The Points of the Compass, 6. George Lichtheim Marxism, West and East, Is Marxism a Social Science?, 7. Donald Clark Hodges, Marxism as Social Science, 8. T. B. Bottomore, Karl Marx: Sociologist or Marxist?, PART TWO MARX: MORALIST AND HUMANIST, Marxist Ethics, 9. R. N. Carew Hunt, The Ethics of Marxism, 10. Eugene Kamenka, The Primitive Ethic of Karl Marx, Alienation and Humanism, 11. Daniel Bell, A Critique of Alienation, 12. Michael Harrington, Marx as Humanist, Marxism and Religion, 13. N. Lobkowicz, Karl Marx’s Attitude toward Religion, 14. Alasdair MacIntyre, Marxists and Christians, PART THREE CLASSIC MARXIST THEMES: PHILOSOPHY, HISTORY, AND ECONOMICS, The Dialectical Process, 15. Max Eastman, Against the Marxian Dialectic, 16. Herman Simpson, In Support of the Marxian Dialectic, The Materialist Conception of History, 17. H. B. Mayo, Marxism as a Philosophy of History, 18. J. H. Hexter, A New Framework for Social History, The Contribution of Marxism to Economics, 19. Oscar Lange, Marxian Economics and Modern Economic Theory, 20. Wassily Leontief, The Significance of Marxian Economics for Present-day Economic Theory, 21. Paul A. Samuelson, Marxian Economics as Economics, PART FOUR CLASS CONFLICT, REVOLUTION, AND POLITICAL POWER, Class and Class Conflict, 22. S. Ossowski, The Concept of Social Class, 23. Ralf Dahrendorf, A Sociological Critique of Marx, Revolution or Peaceful Change?, 24. Harold Rosenberg, The Proletariat and Revolution, 25. S. M. Lipset, Is Gradual Change Possible?, 26. Robert Tucker, Ambivalence about Gradual Change, Is
