Nate Holdren reviews three recent Marxist books, each of which significantly enriches Marxism as both theory and concrete investigation: Søren Mau’s 'Mute Compulsion', Tony Smith’s 'Beyond Liberal Egalitarianism', and Jack Copley’s 'Governing Financialization'.
Tag: State theory
The Materialism of UK Constitutional Change — Tanzil Chowdhury
“But what is it that is usually called the constitution? …These actual relations of force are put down on paper, are given written form, and after they have been thus put down, they are no longer simply actual relations of force but have now become laws, judicial institutions, and whoever opposes them is punished!” -Ferdinand … Continue reading The Materialism of UK Constitutional Change — Tanzil Chowdhury
Call for Papers — Workshop on Marx, Law, and the Administrative State
Call for papers for a workshop on Marx, law, and the administrative state, to be held in Buffalo in June 2021.
The State — Rafael Khachaturian
Rafael Khachaturian on Marxist state theory.
Security — George Rigakos
George Rigakos on Marxism and the question of security.
More Depth, Less Flatness: Marx’s Negative Ontology of Social Totality — Matthew Dimick and Dom Taylor
Matthew Dimick and Dom Taylor respond to Nate Holdren and Rob Hunter, defending their ontological interpretation of the base/superstructure model.
No Bases, No Superstructures: Against Legal Economism — Nate Holdren and Rob Hunter
Nate Holdren and Rob Hunter on rethinking the "base/superstructure" model.
The Welfare State and the Bourgeois Family-Household — Kirstin Munro
Kirstin Munro on social reproduction under capitalism, particularly the role of the bourgeois family-household, in the sixth contribution to our symposium on neo-Marxist state theory and its contemporary resonance.
On the State Debate Thus Far — Nate Holdren
Nate Holdren on history, climate change, and the relation between state and capital, in the fifth contribution to our symposium on neo-Marxist state theory and its contemporary resonance.
Base and Superstructure as Ontology — Matthew Dimick
Matthew Dimick on why the base/superstructure model is still of use, and why it should be understood in ontological, not causal, terms.
Postcolonial States (Part Two) — Coel Kirkby
Coel Kirkby concludes his two-part post on Mahmood Mamdani, the Dar es Salaam School, and state-formation after decolonization in the fourth contribution to our symposium on neo-Marxist state theory and its contemporary resonance.
Postcolonial States (Part One) — Coel Kirkby
Coel Kirkby commences his two-part post on Mahmood Mamdani, the Dar es Salaam School, and state-formation after decolonization in the fourth contribution to our symposium on neo-Marxist state theory and its contemporary resonance.
Socialist Strategy and the Capitalist Democratic State — Stephen Maher and Rafael Khachaturian
Stephen Maher and Rafael Khachaturian on strategic/tactical questions and the democratic state, in the third contribution to our symposium on neo-Marxist state theory and its contemporary resonance.
Capital and Climate in the Critique of the State — Rob Hunter
Rob Hunter on law, the state, and climate change, in the second contribution to our symposium on neo-Marxist state theory and its contemporary resonance.
Towards a New State Theory Debate — Chris O’Kane
Chris O'Kane introduces our symposium on neo-Marxist state theory and its contemporary resonance.
Notice of New Publication — A New Translation of Max Adler’s The Marxist Conception of the State
A new translation of Max Adler's classic 1922 treatise on state theory.
We Need a New State Debate (Part Two) — Chris O’Kane
The second part of Chris O'Kane's critical reevaluation of Marxist state theories and debates.
We Need a New State Debate (Part One) – Chris O’Kane
The first part of Chris O'Kane's critical reevaluation of Marxist state theories and debates.
Some Hasty Musings on Matters Legal and Economic — Nate Holdren
Nate Holdren reflects on the relation between the legal and the economic.
Law as Superstructure — Anandha Krishna Raj
Anandha Krishna Raj on Marx, Engels, and the question of base-superstructure relations.
Review of Sidney L. Harring, Policing a Class Society: The Experience of American Cities, 1865–1915, second edition (Chicago: Haymarket, 2017) (Part Two) — Stuart Schrader
The second part of Stuart Schrader's three-part review of Sidney L. Harring's Policing a Class Society.
Engels, Law, and Dialectics — Paul O’Connell
Paul O'Connell on Engels, the dialectic, and law's relative autonomy.
For a Marxist Analysis of the State — Dimitrios Kivotidis
Dimitrios Kivotidis on Marxist state theory.
Poulantzas and the Juridical Constitution of the Subject — Rafael Khachaturian
Rafael Khachaturian on Poulantzas, law, and subject formation.
Marxism and the State: Three Background Notes (Part Three) — Akbar Rasulov
The third part of Akbar Rasulov's three-part post on Marxism, state theory, and international law.
Marxism and the State: Three Background Notes (Part Two) — Akbar Rasulov
The second part of Akbar Rasulov's three-part post on Marxism, state theory, and international law.
Marxism and the State: Three Background Notes (Part One) — Akbar Rasulov
The first part of Akbar Rasulov's three-part post on Marxism, state theory, and international law.
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