Communism Socialism category: 1567 books
The Aesthetic Dimension
Toward a Critique of Marxist Aesthetics
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
Developing a concept briefly introduced in Counterrevolution and Revolt, Marcuse here addresses the shortcomings of Marxist aesthetic theory and explores a dialectical aesthetic in which art functions as the conscience of society. Marcuse argues that art is the only form or expression that can take...
by Erik Olin Wright
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
One of the major works of the new American Marxism, Wright’s book draws a challenging new class map of the United States and other, comparable, advanced capitalist countries today. It also discusses the various classical theories of economic crisis in the West and their relevance to the current...
The Capitalist Unconscious
Marx and Lacan
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
A major systematic study of the connection between Marx and Lacan’s work
Finalist for the American Board and Academy of Psychoanalysis Book Prize
Despite a resurgence of interest in Lacanian psychoanalysis, particularly in terms of the light it casts on capitalist ideology—as witnessed...
Zhu Rongji on the Record
The Shanghai Years, 1987-1991
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Zhu Rongji served as party secretary and mayor of Shanghai from 1987 to early 1991. During that time, he began to reorganize state-owned industries, cracked down on bureaucratism, planned major reforms in land leasing and public housing, initiated massive infrastructure projects, launched construction...
The Maoists in India
Tribals Under Siege
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
The Maoists in India delves deep into one of the most intractable but under-reported insurgencies in the developing world the decades long battle between the Indian state and Maoist groups who control significant parts of tribal India.
Nirmalangshu Mukherji explains the devastating impact on...
The Politics of Equality
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2010
Why are socialists, communists and social democrats concerned with the distribution of wealth? Why do they place so much importance on public goods such as education and health care? To what extent does democracy matter to socialist ideologies? In The Politics of Equality, Jason C. Myers sheds new...
by Elliott Johnson, David Walker, Daniel Gray
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Marxism covers of the basics of Karl Marx’s thought, the philosophical contributions of later Marxist theorists, and the extensive real-world political organizations and structures his work inspired—that is, the myriad political parties, organizations,...
War on War
Lenin, the Zimmerwald Left, and the Origins of Communist Internationalism
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 1989
The outbreak of World War I precipitated a schism in the international socialist movement that endures today. Heeding calls for "rational defense," the leading European socialist democratic parties abandoned their vision of peace and internationalism as an integral part of the struggle for...
Communal Luxury
The Political Imaginary of the Paris Commune
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
Reclaiming the legacy of the Paris Commune for the twenty-first century
Kristin Ross’s highly acclaimed work on the thought and culture of the Communard uprising of 1871 resonates with the motivations and actions of contemporary protest, which has found its most powerful expression in the...
From East Germans to Germans?
The New Postcommunist Elites
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
In 1990 Germany launched an experiment to transplant democracy into a formerly communist country, effectively dismantling the system of the German Democratic Republic and rebuilding it in the likeness of the democratic Federal Republic of Germany. From East Germans to Germans? examines the role of...
Khrushchev and Brezhnev as Leaders (Routledge Revivals)
Building Authority in Soviet Politics
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
First published in 1982, this book explores how Khrushchev and Brezhnev manipulated their policies and personal images as they attempted to consolidate their authority as leader. Central issues of Soviet domestic politics are examined: investment priorities, incentive policy, administrative reform,...
The Partial Revolution
Labour, Social Movements and the Invisible Hand of Mao in Western Nepal
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2018
Located in the far-western Tarai region of Nepal, Kailali has been the site of dynamic social and political change in recent history. The Partial Revolution examines Kailali in the aftermath of Nepal’s Maoist insurgency, critically examining the ways in which revolutionary political mobilization...
by I. S. Petteice
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012
Soundoff is a book about present day political corruption in Washington, D.C. and how Barach Obama, a socialist, is attempting to turn this country into a socialist nation. The people of this country, like the Jews during the holocaust, are being blinded by a charismatic Obama, as Germany was blinded...
by United States Government President Barack Obama
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
The complete and full text of President Barack Obama’s January 28, 2014 State of the Union Address along with the Republican Response by Representative Cathy McMorris (R-Washington), the Libertarian Response by Executive Director Wes Benedict, and the Tea Party Response by Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah).