Beschreibung:
This volume collects the essays of leading scholars from both North America and formerly communist countries. Whither Marxism? raises the question of what is living and what is dead in Marxist thought in an international and interdisciplinary context.
Part 1 PART ONE marxism's future?; Chapter 1 the obsolescence of marxism?, DOUGLASKELLNER; Chapter 2 refiguring values, power, knowledge, ABDULJANMOHAMED; Chapter 3 marxism: from scientific to utopian, ZHANGLONGXI; Chapter 4 the modern world and the individual, ANDREIMARGA; Chapter 5 supplementing marxism, GAYATRI CHAKRAVORTYSPIVAK; Part 2 PART TWO transition to/from socialism; Chapter 6 forward back, CARLOSVILAS; Chapter 7 the transition to market-guided economies, KEITHGRIFFIN, AZIZUR RAHMANKHAN; Chapter 8 marxism, the nationality question and soviet leadership, ASHOTGALOIAN; Chapter 9 lessons from the USSR, STEPHENRESNICK, RICHARDWOLFF; Chapter 10 rethinking marxism in the light of chinese reforms, SUSHAOZHI; notes on contributors;