Communism Socialism category: 1567 books

Marx’s 'Das Kapital' cannot be put into a box marked "economics." It is a work of politics, history, economics, philosophy and even in places, literature (yes Marx’s style is that rich and evocative). *Marx’s 'Das Kapital' For Beginners *is an introduction to the Marxist critique...

The republication of Suzanne de Brunhoff’s classic investigation into Karl Marx’s conception of “the money commodity” shines light on commodities and their fetishism. The investigation of money as the crystallization of value in its material sense is central to how we understand capitalism...

The Red Line is the story of a train journey from London to Hong Kong. It is set in 1981, the year Christopher made the first of twenty-four such journeys as a tour guide, when the Cold War was still very much a fact of life. Although China appeared to be on the brink of significant change, no one...

The people of the Congo have suffered from a particularly brutal colonial rule, American interference after independence, decades of robbery at the hands of the dictator Mobutu and periodic warfare which continues even now in the East of the country. But, as this insightful political history makes...

The world’s eyes are on Greece. Elected in January 2015 under the leadership of Alexis Tsipras, the radical Syriza party sought to challenge the European economic status-quo and secure a better future for the Greek people. The fierce confrontation with Greece’s creditors which followed reverberated...

Nesta obra, Karl Marx analisa um período longo e extremamente movimentado da história francesa, apresentando algumas experiências conceitualmente importantes da Revolução de 1848-1849 e seus resultados. Ao aprofundar o desenvolvimento da teoria do Estado e da teoria da revolução, o filósofo...

First published in 1975, this book investigates the various pre-capitalist modes of production briefly indicated in the works of Marx and Engels, and gives an examination of the conditions of the transition from one mode of production to another. The fundamental concepts used in these investigations,...

Considered by many to be the most innovative British Marxist writer of the twentieth century, Christopher Caudwell was killed in the Spanish Civil War at the age of 29. Although already a published writer of aeronautic texts and crime fiction, he was practically unknown to the public until reviews...

Karl Marx y la tradición del pensamiento político occidentalfue escrito en un momento crucial de la biografía intelectual de Arendt, y en él se perfila por primera vez la tesis fundamental de la autora de que la obra de Marx suponía la conclusión y cierre de la tradición de filosofía cuyo...

A number of arguments have been made to explain the relative weakness of the American Left. A preference for individualism, the effects of prosperity, and the miscalculations of different components of the Left, including the labor movement, have been cited, among other factors, as possible explanations...

Le tecniche per battere la destra e reinventare la sinistra, a partire dalle parole che usiamo ogni giorno. «Se volete contribuire a una politica della solidarietà e dei ponti invece che del rancore e dei muri, leggete Lakoff, anzi studiatelo, e poi mettete in pratica i suoi insegnamenti....

Part of a series of detailed reference manuals on American economic history, this volume traces the development of agriculture, transportation, labour movements and the factory system, foreign and domestic commerce, technology and the ramifications of slavery.

A product of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the US House of Representatives, this text studies the emergence of a more unified Europe as an economic and political power, and the implications of European integration for the United States.

This book describes and explains Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore’s attitudes and policies regarding the Vietnam War. While it is generally known that all three countries supported the US war effort in Vietnam, it reveals the motivations behind the decisions of the decision makers, the twists and...