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Unorthodox Marxism
Albert, Michael; Hahnel, Robin
Publisher: South End Press, USAYear Published: 1978 Pages: 379pp ISBN: 0-89608-004-8 Resource Type: Book Cx Number: CX7707 An attempt to go beyond what the authors describe as "orthodox Marxism." Abstract: - Table of Contents Introduction Part One: Laying the Orthodoxy to Rest 1. Orthodox Marxism i) The Dialectical Method ii) The Materialist Outlook iii) The Method of Historical Abstraction iv) Historical Materialism v) The Labor Theory of Value vi) The Transformation Problem vii) Accumulation viii) Theory, Socialism and Revolution ix) The Strengths of Orthodox Marxist Theory x) Footnotes 2. The Orthodoxy's Declining Rate of Relevance i) Orthodox Dialectics ii) The Materialist Outlook iii) Historical Materialism iv) Orthodox Marxist Economic Theory v) Value as More Than Metaphysic vi) A Technical View of Capitalist Crisis vii) What is Economics? viii) Dialogue ix) Footnotes Part Two: A Theory of Praxis: History and Economics 3. A Social Theory of Praxis i) Methodology ii) Human Beings iii) Society iv) Core Characteristics v) Social change, Revolution, and History vi) Core Characteristics in History vii) Dialogue: Two Marxisms or One? viii) Footnotes 4. A Political Economy of Praxis i) Economism in Economic Theory ii) The Qualitative Model iii) Use-Value iv) Commodity Consumption and Markets v) Human Labor vi) Theory of the Capitalist Firm vii) Qualitative Reproduction: Conclusion viii) Quantitative Reproduction ix) Dialogue: Value Theory's Value x) Dialogue: Too Much Economics xi) Footnotes Part Three: Race - Sex - Class - Authority: Totality and Hegemony in the United States 5. United States: The Human Centre i) Summary Overview ii) Core Characteristics in the United States iii) The Core Characteristics in Society's Centre iv) Class Consciousness v) The Impact of a New Class vi) Dialogue: Is All This Really Necessary? vii) Footnotes Part Four: Goal and Strategy: A Revolutionary Councilist View 7. Political Economy of Socialism i) Socialism's Defining Contours ii) Socialist Economy iii) Social Feasibility iv) Politics and the State v) Culture and Everyday Life vi) Dialogue: A Round Table Debate vii) Footnotes 8. The Art of Socialist Revolution i) The General Issues ii) Revolution: Art or Science iii) Totality: Focus, Consciousness, and Organization iv) Organization and Revolution v) Revolutionary Process vi) The Roots and Role of Ideology vii) Dialogue: No Place for Cynicism viii) Footnotes 9. Appendices i) Solution to the Transformation Problem ii) The Problem with the Transformation Problem iii) The Wage - Price Vector iv) Use-Value: A Function of Exchange-Value Bibliography Index Subject Headings |