The Meaning of Marxism

by Paul D'Amato

Overview

“In [D’Amato’s] able hands, Marxist politics come alive and leap before us, pointing a way toward a better world. It’s a knockout.”—Dave Zirin, author of What’s My Name, Fool?: Sports and Resistance in the United States

In this lively and accessible introduction to the ideas of Karl Marx, with historical and contemporary examples, D’Amato argues that Marx’s ideas of globalization, oppression, and social change are more important than ever.

Paul D’Amato is the associate editor of the International Socialist Review. His writing has appeared in CounterPunch, Socialist Worker, and SelvesandOthers.org. He is an activist based in Chicago.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781608460519
Publisher:	Haymarket Books
Publication date:	06/01/2006
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	164
File size:	389 KB

About the Author

Paul D'Amato is the associate editor of the International Socialist Review. His writing has appeared in CounterPunch, Socialist Worker and Selves and Others. He is an activist based in Chicago, IL.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the 2014 Edition: The Return of Marx 1

Introduction 4

1 From Millenarianism to Marx 9

2 Marx's Materialist Method 17

3 The Marxist View of History 34

4 Marxist Economics: How Capitalism Works 51

5 Marxist Economics: How Capitalism Fails 69

6 No Power Greater-the Working Class 81

7 Democracy, Reform, and Revolution 105

8 From Marx to Lenin: Marxism and Political Organization 129

9 Russia: The God That Failed? 155

10 Imperialism, Nationalism, and War 175

11 Marxism and Oppression 198

12 Capitalism's Ecological Crisis 237

13 Imagine … the Socialist Future 258

Appendix 1 But What About…? Answers to Common Arguments Against Socialism 266

Appendix 2 Study Questions 292

Further Reading 295

Notes 300

Index 338