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Bringing together the various heterodox traditions, groups and scholars that came under the heading of Open Marxism for the first time, this book assesses the evolution of Open Marxism from the initial usage of the term by Kostas Axelos in France in the 1950s and the journal, Arguments, principally the 'anarchist Marx' of Maximilien Rubel and the 'Libertarian Marxism' of Daniel Guerin, through Open Marxism as it was developed in Eastern Europe, especially in the scholarly work of Karel Kosik in Czechoslovakia, the work of the Polish Open Marxists and the Praxis group in Yugoslavia, to Johannes Agnoli's work in post-1968 (West) Germany, and finally to the work developed by Bonefeld, Clarke, Gunn and Holloway within the framework of the Conference of Socialist Economists (CSE) in Britain since the 1980s. Its comprehensive study of the historical development of Open Marxism in all its various guises and forms reasserts the rich insights of its devastating critique of social democracy, Leninism-Stalinism and the Althusserian structuralist paradigm. It introduces a new readership to Open Marxism's negative, fundamental, and destructive critique of capitalism and examines the practical relevance of its subversive thinking to the contemporary struggle for a free and open socialist society.
An introduction to the field of Open Marxism, exploring how it has contributed to the renewal of critical social theory through its negative critique of capitalist society and distinctive critique of traditional theory.
About the Author
Christos Memos is Lecturer of Sociology at Abertay University, Dundee, UK. His research interests include critical social and political theory, political sociology, and economic sociology/critical political economy. He is the author of Castoriadis and Critical Theory: Crisis, Critique and Radical Alternatives (2014) and Global Economic Crisis as Social Hieroglyphic: Genesis, Constitution, and Regressive Progress (2021).
Book Information
ISBN 9781350073326
Author Christos Memos
Format Hardback
Page Count 224
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
An introduction to the field of Open Marxism, exploring how it has contributed to the renewal of critical social theory through its negative critique of capitalist society and distinctive critique of traditional theory.
About the Author
Christos Memos is Lecturer of Sociology at Abertay University, Dundee, UK. His research interests include critical social and political theory, political sociology, and economic sociology/critical political economy. He is the author of Castoriadis and Critical Theory: Crisis, Critique and Radical Alternatives (2014) and Global Economic Crisis as Social Hieroglyphic: Genesis, Constitution, and Regressive Progress (2021).
Book Information
ISBN 9781350073326
Author Christos Memos
Format Hardback
Page Count 224
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
