Marxs Politics : : Communists and Citizens / / Alan Gilbert.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Gilbert, Alan ,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©1989
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (324 p.)

Alan Gilbert challenges those who understand Marx's general theory in purely economic terms, who have avoided Marx's striking historical explanations, his political activity, and his theoretical arguments about why differing radical strategies can make a fateful difference in historical outcomes.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- I Introduction -- PART ONE. Marx's Strategy and Organizing before 1848 -- II The French Revolution and Marx's Strategy -- III Chartism and Marx's Second Revolutionary Strategy -- IV Marx's Organizing and the League of the just -- V Marx and Proudhon -- VI Philosophy and the Proletariat: A Dual Path -- VII Marx's Organizing in Brussels and Germany -- VIII The Communist Manifesto and Marx's Strategies -- PART TWO. Marx in the German Revolution -- IX Marx's Internationalism -- X Marx’s Strategy for Germany: The French Revolution Radicalized -- PART THREE. Reevaluations after the Revolution -- XI Marx and the Peasants -- XII Marx and the State -- XIII Revolutionary Party versus Conspiracy -- XIV Conclusion -- Appendix: Demands of the Communist Party in Germany -- List of Historical Figures -- Bibliography -- Index