Magical Marxism
Subversive Politics and the Imagination
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Communism & Socialism, Social Science, Anthropology
| Author: | Andy Merrifield | ISBN: | 9781783710904 |
| Publisher: | Pluto Press | Publication: | February 4, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Pluto Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Andy Merrifield |
| ISBN: | 9781783710904 |
| Publisher: | Pluto Press |
| Publication: | February 4, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Pluto Press |
| Language: | English |
*Shortlisted for the Bread and Roses Prize, 2012* *BR**BR*Andy Merrifield breathes new life into the Marxist tradition. *BR**BR*Magical Marxism demands something more of orthodox Marxism - something more interesting and liberating. It asks that we imagine a Marxism that moves beyond debates about class, the role of the state and the dictatorship of the proletariat. In escaping the formalist straitjacket of typical Marxist critique, Merrifield argues for a reconsideration of Marxism and its potential, applying previously unexplored approaches to Marxist thinking that will reveal vital new modes of political activism and debate.*BR**BR*This book will provoke and inspire in equal measure. It gives us a Marxism for the 21st century, which offers dramatic new possibilities for political engagement.
*Shortlisted for the Bread and Roses Prize, 2012* *BR**BR*Andy Merrifield breathes new life into the Marxist tradition. *BR**BR*Magical Marxism demands something more of orthodox Marxism - something more interesting and liberating. It asks that we imagine a Marxism that moves beyond debates about class, the role of the state and the dictatorship of the proletariat. In escaping the formalist straitjacket of typical Marxist critique, Merrifield argues for a reconsideration of Marxism and its potential, applying previously unexplored approaches to Marxist thinking that will reveal vital new modes of political activism and debate.*BR**BR*This book will provoke and inspire in equal measure. It gives us a Marxism for the 21st century, which offers dramatic new possibilities for political engagement.
