Marx's Social and Political Thought II (Vols. 5-8) : Critical Assessments: Second Series

This set explores Marx's views on nature, the environment and ecology, Feminist re-readings of Marx, Foucauldian re-readings of Marx on power, the state and discourse, and also readings of Marx in the light of the collapse of the Soviet Bloc.

This collection addresses fundamental themes in Marx''s social and political thought. It covers key controversies in the analysis of Marx''s overall intellectual development, the influence of Hegel, the Marx-Engels relationship, the validity of historical materialism, the significance of class and class struggle, the state and political parties, and reform and revolution. It also addresses Marx''s work as historian, anthropologist, student of time and space, social psychologist, social interactionist, and literary scholar. It also covers debates regarding Marx''s views on technological determinism: *national identity *nationalism, and cosmopolitanism *cities and citizenship *welfare and human rights *science and ideology *patriarchy and the family *gender and sexual orientations *culture and religion *alienation and fetishism *justice in capitalism and communism.
Bob Jessop provides an extended general introduction and also summarizes and interrelates the various articles at the start of each volume. Contributors adopt a wide range of approaches and cover some sixty years of analysis.