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Tag: State theory

Call for Papers — Workshop on Marx, Law, and the Administrative State

July 4, 2020July 24, 2022 ~ Rob Hunter

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

June 29, 2020July 24, 2022 ~ Rob Hunter

Rafael Khachaturian on Marxist state theory.

Security — George Rigakos

June 9, 2020July 24, 2022 ~ Rob Hunter

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

April 18, 2020July 24, 2022 ~ Rob Hunter

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

January 15, 2020July 24, 2022 ~ Rob Hunter

Nate Holdren and Rob Hunter on rethinking the "base/superstructure" model.

The Welfare State and the Bourgeois Family-Household — Kirstin Munro

September 29, 2019July 24, 2022 ~ Rob Hunter

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

September 15, 2019July 24, 2022 ~ Rob Hunter

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

August 17, 2019July 24, 2022 ~ Rob Hunter

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

July 19, 2019July 24, 2022 ~ Rob Hunter

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

July 11, 2019July 24, 2022 ~ Rob Hunter

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

June 20, 2019July 24, 2022 ~ Rob Hunter

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

June 6, 2019July 24, 2022 ~ 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

May 24, 2019July 24, 2022 ~ Rob Hunter

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

April 24, 2019July 24, 2022 ~ Rob Hunter

A new translation of Max Adler's classic 1922 treatise on state theory.

We Need a New State Debate (Part Two) — Chris O’Kane

April 23, 2019July 24, 2022 ~ Rob Hunter

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

April 13, 2019July 24, 2022 ~ Rob Hunter

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

November 18, 2018July 24, 2022 ~ Rob Hunter

Nate Holdren reflects on the relation between the legal and the economic.

Law as Superstructure — Anandha Krishna Raj

October 3, 2018July 24, 2022 ~ Rob Hunter

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

January 20, 2018July 1, 2022 ~ Rob Hunter

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

December 12, 2017July 1, 2022 ~ Rob Hunter

Paul O'Connell on Engels, the dialectic, and law's relative autonomy.

For a Marxist Analysis of the State — Dimitrios Kivotidis

November 13, 2017July 1, 2022 ~ Rob Hunter

Dimitrios Kivotidis on Marxist state theory.

Poulantzas and the Juridical Constitution of the Subject — Rafael Khachaturian

October 29, 2017July 1, 2022 ~ Rob Hunter ~ Leave a comment

Rafael Khachaturian on Poulantzas, law, and subject formation.

Marxism and the State: Three Background Notes (Part Three) — Akbar Rasulov

October 20, 2017July 1, 2022 ~ Rob Hunter ~ Leave a comment

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

October 18, 2017July 1, 2022 ~ Rob Hunter ~ Leave a comment

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

October 17, 2017July 1, 2022 ~ Rob Hunter ~ Leave a comment

The first part of Akbar Rasulov's three-part post on Marxism, state theory, and international law.

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