Overview
- Argues in favor of a radical distinction between capitalist and communist politics
- Brings into contact the Ancient Greek political theory of demos with the future perspective of a communist politeia
- Counterposes Marxian Communism against productivism and technological determinism
Part of the book series: Marx, Engels, and Marxisms (MAENMA)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Following Marx’s own itinerary from Paris to London, from politics to the critique of political economy, The Marx of Communism delves into a creatively unfolding international debate on the democracy-communism relation, while supporting a 21st century communism as a social alternative to capitalism. Taking into consideration Marx’s analysis of communism both as a movement and a social formation, this study focuses on the dialectics of transition from capitalism to communism. Dealing with communism as the outcome of a long-term cultural and political process, the author defends Marxian communism as the open-ended constitution of a self-governed demos, whose citizens create their own way of life on the ground of a stateless and classless society. From this point of view, the end of the state does not mean the end, but the revival of politics in terms of a communist bios. Reshaping their collective and personal values and setting limits to the production/technology dynamics of their economy, this book argues, the citizens of a communist polis form a promising antithesis to the private individuals of a capitalist society.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Alexandros Chrysis is Professor of the Philosophy of History & History of Ideas at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece. He is the author of “True Democracy” as a Prelude to Communism: The Marx of Democracy (2018).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Marx of Communism
Book Subtitle: Setting Limits in the Realm of Communism
Authors: Alexandros Chrysis
Series Title: Marx, Engels, and Marxisms
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06742-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-06741-9Published: 01 July 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-06744-0Published: 02 July 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-06742-6Published: 30 June 2022
Series ISSN: 2524-7123
Series E-ISSN: 2524-7131
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 256
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Theory, Political Philosophy, Political Sociology, Political History