05183nam 2200493 450 991049002500332120220327234604.03-030-52371-310.1007/978-3-030-52371-8(CKB)4100000011979375(OCoLC)1260344088(MiAaPQ)EBC6676153(Au-PeEL)EBL6676153(EXLCZ)99410000001197937520220327d2021 uy 0engur|n|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFrontier socialism self-organisation and anti-capitalism /Monica Quirico, Gianfranco RagonaCham, Switzerland :Palgrave Macmillan,[2021]©20211 online resource (xx, 198 pages)Marx, Engels, and Marxisms3-030-52370-5 Print version: Quirico, Monica. Frontier socialism. Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,2021 9783030523701 (OCoLC)1242738841 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Titles Published -- Titles Forthcoming -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Authors -- 1 Introduction -- 1 Hope and Disillusionment in Greece -- 2 What Socialism After Socialism? -- 3 A New Path to Self-Government -- References -- 2 "Revolution Is Not What the Revolutionaries Believe It to Be": Gustav Landauer (1870-1919) -- 1 Life and Works -- 2 A Road for the Liberation of Workers -- 3 Analysis of Capitalism -- 4 Revolution -- References -- 3 Class Struggle and Women's Liberation: Alexandra Kollontai (1872-1952) -- 1 Life and Works -- 2 Marxism, Class Initiative and Gender Autonomy -- 3 The Difficult Transition to Socialism -- 4 Class and Self-Government -- References -- Interlude 1: Resistance or Revolution? The Spanish Civil War -- 4 Self-Management and Communism: Paul Mattick (1904-1981) -- 1 Life and Works -- 2 Marx and His Epigones -- 3 Mixed Economy and State Capitalism -- 4 Against Bolshevism, for a Workers' Democracy -- References -- 5 Workers' Struggles Under Neocapitalism: Raniero Panzieri (1921-1964) -- 1 Life and Works -- 2 Marx and Marxism -- 3 Monopolistic Capitalism: The Factory-Society -- 4 Workers' Control -- References -- Interlude 2: Lotta Continua: The Dilemmas of a Revolutionary Group Between the Hot Autumn and the Restoration of Capitalism -- 6 Revolutionary Reformism: Rudolf Meidner (1914-2015) -- 1 Life and Works -- 2 Marxism and Democracy -- 3 Beyond Private Property -- 4 The Debate Over the Wage Earner Funds and Their Neutralization -- References -- 7 A Communist Theory of Politics: Nicos Poulantzas (1936-1979) -- 1 Life and Works -- 2 Marxism and the State -- 3 Economic and Political Crisis in Monopolistic Capitalism -- 4 Seizing the State and Direct Democracy -- References -- 8 In the Midst of the Crisis -- 1 The Chilean "Laboratory" -- 2 The Legacy of 1968.3 The "Hayekization" of the World, or Keynes' Defeat -- 4 Amidst the Rubble: Alan Bihr's Paths to Renewal -- References -- 9 (Tentative) Conclusions -- 1 A Compact Current? -- 2 The Movement of Movements -- 3 At the Intersection of Class, Gender and Ethnicity-And Environment -- 4 Between Disaster and Hope -- References -- Index.Considering the history of workers' and socialist movements in Europe, Frontier Socialismfocuses on unconventional forms of anti-capitalist thought, particularly by examining several militant-intellectuals whose legacy is of particular interest for those aiming for a radical critique of capitalism. Following on the work of Michael Lowy, Quirico & Ragona identify relationships of elective affinity between figures who might appear different and dissimilar, at least at first glance: the German Anarchist Gustav Landauer, the Bolshevik Alexandra Kollontai, the German communist Paul Mattick, the Italian Socialist Raniero Panzieri, the Greek-born French euro-communist Nikos Poulantzas, the German-born Swedish Social Democrat Rudolf Meidner, and the French social scientist Alain Bihr as well as two historical struggle experiences, the Spanish Republic and the Italian revolutionary group Lotta continua Frontier Socialism then analyzes these thinkers' and experiences respective paths to socialism based on and achieved through self-organization and self-government, not to build a new tradition but to suggest a path forward for both research and political activism. Monica Quirico is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Institute of Contemporary History at Sodertorn University, Sweden. Gianfranco Ragona is Associate Professor in the Department of Cultures, Politics and Society at the University of Turin, Italy.Marx, Engels, and Marxisms.SocialismEuropeHistorySocialismHistory.335.0094Quirico Monica573107Ragona GianfrancoMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910490025003321Frontier socialism1890176UNINA