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Marx for the 21st Century

By: Hiroshi Uchida (Editor)

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Published: 5th October 2005
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This groundbreaking collection surveys current research on Marx and Marxism from a variety of perspectives. Setting forward an unconventional range of questions for discussion, the book develops key ideas, such as the theory of history, controversies about justice and the latest textual scholarship on The German Ideology. Written by Japanese scholars, the volume affords western readers a glimpse for the first time, of the results of many years' debates and discussion.


Following the long tradition of Japanese interest in Marx, the book draws on the relationship between that and radical changes in local political context, as well as the economic and political development represented by Japan. Over the course of the chapters, Marx is rescued from 'orientalism', evaluated as a socialist thinker, revisited as a theorist of capitalist development and heralded as a necessary corrective to modern economics. Of particular interest are the major scholarly revisions to the 'standard' historical accounts of Marx's work on the Communist Manifesto, his relationship to the contemporary theories of Louis Blanc and P.J. Proudhon, and new information about how he and Engels worked together.


This landmark work opens up a world of Japanese critical engagement and lively scholarship that will appeal to anyone interested in Marx and Marxism.

Acknowledgements
Special Introduction
Marx for the 21st Century
Kunihiko UEMURA 'Marx and Modernity'
Makoto ITOH 'Marx's Economic Theory and the Prospects for Socialism'
Contemporary Problems in Marx Studies
Hiroshi UCHIDA 'Marx's Theory of History Reappraised'
Masanori SASAKI 'Marx and the Future of Capitalist Society'
Daisuke ARIE 'Marx and Distributive Justice'
Hideaki KUDO 'Marx and the Environmental Problem'
Makoto NISHIBE 'The Theory of Labour Money: Implications of Marx's Critique for the Local Exchange Trading System (LETS)'
The Reception of Marx into Modern Japan
Hiroshi MIZUTA 'The Japanese Concept of Civil Society and Marx's burgerliche Gesellschaft'
Shohken MAWATARI 'Marx and J.S. Mill on Socialism'
Akitoshi SUZUKI 'A Bioeconomic Marx'Weber Paradigm'
Makoto NOGUCHI 'Japanese "Cultural Eclecticism" and a Reinterpretation of Marx and Keynes on the Instabilities of Capitalism'
New Horizons of Marxology
Akihiro MATOBA 'The Brussels Democratic Association and the Communist Manifesto'
Koichi TAKAKUSAGI 'Louis Blanc, Associationism in France, and Marx'
Tadashi SHIBUYA 'Editorial Problems in Establishing a New Edition of The German Ideology'
Notes on Contributors
Index
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ISBN: 9780415305303
ISBN-10: 0415305306
Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
Audience: Professional
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 208
Published: 5th October 2005
Dimensions (cm): 23.4 x 15.6  x 1.5
Weight (kg): 0.476