Reassessing Communism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reassessing Communism write by Katarzyna Chmielewska. This book was released on 2021-04-30. Reassessing Communism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The thirteen authors of this collective work undertook to articulate matter-of-fact critiques of the dominant narrative about communism in Poland while offering new analyses of the concept, and also examining the manifestations of anticommunism. Approaching communist ideas and practices, programs and their implementations, as an inseparable whole, they examine the issues of emancipation, upward social mobility, and changes in the cultural canon. The authors refuse to treat communism in Poland in simplistic categories of totalitarianism, absolute evil and Soviet colonization, and similarly refuse to equate communism and fascism. Nor do they adopt the neoliberal view of communism as a project doomed to failure. While wholly exempt from nostalgia, these essays show that beyond oppression and bad governance, communism was also a regime in which people pursued a variety of goals and sincerely attempted to build a better world for themselves. The book is interdisciplinary and applies the tools of social history, intellectual history, political philosophy, anthropology, literature, cultural studies, and gender studies to provide a nuanced view of the communist regimes in east-central Europe.
Reassessing Marx’s Social and Political Philosophy
Reassessing Marx’s Social and Political Philosophy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reassessing Marx’s Social and Political Philosophy write by Jan Kandiyali. This book was released on 2018-06-27. Reassessing Marx’s Social and Political Philosophy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Interest in the study of Marx’s thought has shown a revival in recent years, with a number of newly established academic societies, conferences, and journals dedicated to discussing his thought. This book brings together distinguished and up-and-coming scholars to provide a major re-evaluation of historical issues in Marx scholarship and to connect Marx’s ideas with fresh debates in contemporary Anglo-American social and political philosophy. Among the topics discussed are Marx’s relationship to his philosophical predecessors—including Hegel, the young Hegelians, and the utopian socialists—his concept of recognition, his critique of liberalism, and his views on the good life. This book will be of interest to scholars and advanced students interested in Marx, Hegel, the history of political thought, and social and political philosophy.
A Philosophy for Communism
A Philosophy for Communism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Philosophy for Communism write by Panagiotis Sotiris. This book was released on 2020-05-18. A Philosophy for Communism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In A Philosophy for Communism: Rethinking Althusser Panagiotis Sotiris reconstructs Althusser’s quest for a new practice of philosophy that would enable a new practice of politics for communism, through a reading of the tensions and dynamics running through his work.
The Chinese Reassessment of Socialism, 1976-1992
The Chinese Reassessment of Socialism, 1976-1992 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Chinese Reassessment of Socialism, 1976-1992 write by Yan Sun. This book was released on 1995-08-21. The Chinese Reassessment of Socialism, 1976-1992 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A momentous debate has been unfolding in China over the last fifteen years, only intermittently in public view, concerning the merits of socialism as a philosophy of social justice and as a program for national development. Just as Deng Xiaoping's better advertised experiment with market- based reforms has challenged Marxist-Leninist dogma on economic policy, the years since the death of Mao Zedong have seen a profound reexamination of a more basic question: to what extent are the root problems of the system due to Chinese socialism and Marxism generally? Here Yan Sun gathers a remarkable group of primary materials, drawn from an unusual range of sources, to present the most systematic and comprehensive study of post-Mao reappraisal of China's socialist theory and practice. Rejecting an assumption often made in the West, that Chinese socialist thought has little bearing on politics and policymaking, Sun takes the arguments of the post-Mao era seriously on their own terms. She identifies the major factions in the debate, reveals the interplay among official and unofficial forces, and charts the development of the debate from an initially parochial concern with problems raised by Chinese practice to a grand critique of the theory of socialism itself. She concludes with an enlightening comparison of the reassessments undertaken by Deng Xiaoping with those of Gorbachev, linking them to the divergent outcomes of reform and revolution in their respective countries.
Chinese Politics in the Xi Jinping Era
Chinese Politics in the Xi Jinping Era - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Chinese Politics in the Xi Jinping Era write by Cheng Li. This book was released on 2016-10-18. Chinese Politics in the Xi Jinping Era available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Chinese politics are at a crossroads as President Xi Jinping amasses personal power and tests the constraints of collective leadership. In the years since he became general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012, Xi Jinping has surprised many people in China and around the world with his bold anti-corruption campaign and his aggressive consolidation of power. Given these new developments, we must rethink how we analyze Chinese politics—an urgent task as China now has more influence on the global economy and regional security than at any other time in modern history. Chinese Politics in the Xi Jinping Era examines how the structure and dynamics of party leadership have evolved since the late 1990s and argues that "inner-party democracy"—the concept of collective leadership that emphasizes deal making based on accepted rules and norms—may pave the way for greater transformation within China's political system. Xi's legacy will largely depend on whether he encourages or obstructs this trend of political institutionalization in the governance of the world's most populous and increasingly pluralistic country. Cheng Li also addresses the recruitment and composition of the political elite, a central concern in Chinese politics. China analysts will benefit from the meticulously detailed biographical information of the 376 members of the 18th Central Committee, including tables and charts detailing their family background, education, occupation, career patterns, and mentor-patron ties.
