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Record Nr.

UNINA9910485015103321

Autore

Chattopadhyay Paresh

Titolo

Socialism in Marx’s Capital : Towards a Dealienated World / / by Paresh Chattopadhyay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021

ISBN

3-030-55203-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 154 pages)

Collana

Marx, Engels, and Marxisms, , 2524-7131

Disciplina

335.41

335

Soggetti

Political science

Political science - Philosophy

Political sociology

Economics

International economic relations

Political Theory

Political Philosophy

Political Sociology

Political Economy and Economic Systems

International Political Economy’

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Labour, Alienation, and Accumulation in Capitalism -- 3. Capitalism as a Transitional Society -- 4. Socialism and Democracy -- 5. Socialism and Emancipation -- 6. Socialism and the Human Individual.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores how Marx envisaged society after capital(ism) by a close examination of the idea of socialism in the text(s) of Capital. Going beyond Marx’s critique of the Gotha Programme, Paresh Chattopadhyay challenges those who leave Capital aside in discussions of socialism in Marx’s works on the grounds that it is uniquely preoccupied with the critical analysis of capitalism. Instead, Chattopadhyay shows how Marx, in Capital, considered capitalism as a



simple transitional society preparing the advent of socialism envisioned as an association of free and equal individuals. Paresh Chattopadhyay is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Quebec, Canada.