The science and passion of communism : : selected writings of Amadeo Bordiga (1912-1965) / / Amadeo Bordiga ; edited by Pietro Basso ; translated by Giacomo Donis, Patrick Camiller.

• Superior document: Historical Materialism Book Series ; Volume 209
• VerfasserIn: Bordiga, Amadeo,
• TeilnehmendeR: Basso, Pietro, 1945-; Donis, Giacomo,; Camiller, Patrick,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Historical materialism book series ; Volume 209.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• ISBN: 9004421653
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Amadeo Bordiga ; edited by Pietro Basso ; translated by Giacomo Donis, Patrick Camiller.

The Science and Passion of Communism presents the battles of the brilliant Italian communist Amadeo Bordiga in the revolutionary cycle of the post-WWI period, through his writings against reformism and war, for Soviet power and internationalism, and then against fascism, on one side, Stalinism and the degeneration of the International, on the other. Equally important was his sharp critique of triumphant U.S. capitalism in the post-WWII period, and his original re-presentation of Marxist critique of political economy, which includes the capital-nature and capital-species relationships, and the programme of social transformations for the revolution to come. Without any form of canonization, we can say that Bordiga’s huge workshop is a veritable goldmine, and anyone who decides to enter it will not be disappointed. He will guide you through a series of instructive, energizing and often highly topical excursions into the near and distant past, into the present that he largely foresaw, and into the future that he sketched with devouring passion.