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Record Nr.

UNINA9910739411003321

Autore

Chrysis Alexandros

Titolo

The Marx of Communism : Setting Limits in the Realm of Communism / / by Alexandros Chrysis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022

ISBN

9783031067426

9783031067419

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 pages)

Collana

Marx, Engels, and Marxisms, , 2524-7131

Disciplina

335.4

Soggetti

Political science

Marxian school of sociology

Political sociology

World politics

Political Theory

Marxist Sociology

Political Sociology

Political History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-247) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: From the Marx of Democracy to the Marx of Communism -- Chapter 2: Marx in the City of Enlightenment and Revolutions -- Chapter 3: Marx as a Critic of Political Revolution -- Chapter 4: Marx as a Thinker of Communism. Communism as a Society (Strategy) -- Chapter 5: Marx as a Theoretician of the Communist Revolution. Communism as a Movement (Tactics) -- Chapter 6: The Marx of Communism and the Communist Cause of our Time.

Sommario/riassunto

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. 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).