Critical Companion to Contemporary Marxism

Jacques Bidet is Professor at the University of Paris-X, holding the chair of Political Philosophy and Theories of Society. His other publications include Théorie de la modernité (1990), John Rawls et la théorie de la justice (1995), Théorie générale, Théorie du droit, de l’économie et de la politique (1999) and Explication et reconstruction du 'Capital' (2004). His Exploring Marx's 'Capital' was published in the HM Book Series in 2007.Stathis Kouvelakis teaches Political Theory and Philosophy at King's College London. He is the author of Philosophy and Revolution. From Kant to Marx (London, 2003) and the co-editor, with Slavoj Zizek and Sebastian Budgen, of Lenin Reloaded. Towards a Politics of Truth (Durham, 2007).

• Introduction: Marxism, Post-Marxism, Neo-Marxisms, Jacques Bidet and Stathis KouvélakisPREFIGURATIONS1. A Key to the Critical Companion to Contemporary Marxism, Jacques Bidet2. The Crises of Marxism and the Transformation of Capitalism, Stathis Kouvelakis3.The Development of Marxism in France and Italy, 1975–2005: From the End of Marxism-Leninism to a Thousand Marxisms, André Tosel4. Where is Anglo-Saxon Marxism Going?, Alex Callinicos5. Old Theories and New Capitalism: The Actuality of a Marxist Economics, Gérard Duménil and Dominique LévyCONFIGURATIONS6. Analytical Marxism, Christopher Bertram7. The Frankfurt School’s Critical Theory: From Neo-Marxism to Post-Marxism, Gérard Raulet8. The Late Lukács and the Budapest School, André Tosel9. The Regulation School: A One-Way Ticket from Marx to the Saint-Simon Foundation?, Michel Husson10. Ecological Marxism or Marxian Political Ecology, Jean-Marie Harribey11. Theories of the Capitalist World-System, Rémy Herrera12. Liberation-Theology Marxism, Michael Löwy13. Market Socialism: Problems and Models, Tony Andréani14. The American Radicals: A Subversive Current at the Heart of Empire, Thomas Coutrot15. Political Marxism, Paul Blackledge16. From the ‘Mass Worker’ to ‘Empire’, or the Uncanny Trajectory of Italian Operaismo, Maria Turchetto17. Marxism and Postcolonial Studies, Neil Lazarus and Rashmi Varma18. The Marxism of British Marxist Historians, Paul Blackledge19. Developments in Marxist Class Analysis, Vivek Chibber20. New Interpretations of Capital, Jacques Bidet21. The New Dialectic, Jim Kincaid22. States, State Power and State Theory, Bob Jessop23. Marxism and Theories of Racism, Robert Carter24. Historical Materialism and International Relations, Frédérick Guillaume Dufour25. Marxism and Language, Jean-Jacques LecercleFIGURES26. Adorno and Marx, Jean-Marie Vincent27. Louis Althusser, or the Impure Purity of the Concept, François Matheron28. Marxism Expatriated: Alain Badiou’s Turn, Alberto Toscano29. Walter Benjamin, Esther Leslie30. Critical Realism and Beyond: The Dialectic of Roy BhaskarAlex Callinicos31. Bourdieu and Historical Materialism, Jacques Bidet32. Deleuze, Marx and Revolution: What It Means to ‘Remain Marxist’, Isabelle Garo33. Jacques Derrida: ‘Crypto-Communist’?, Jason Smith34. Foucault, Reader and Critic of Marx, Roberto Nigro35. Beyond the Crisis of Marxism: Thirty Years Contesting Gramsci’s Legacy, Fabio Frosini36. Falling Short of Marx: Habermas, Jacques Bidet37. Fredric Jameson: An Unslaked Thirst for Totalisation, Stathis Kouvélakis38. Henri Lefebvre, Thinker of Urban Modernity, Stathis Kouvélakis39. Kôzo Uno and His School : A Pure Theory of Capitalism, Jacques Bidet40. Raymond Williams’s Cultural Materialism, Jean-Jacques LecercleNotes on ContributorsBibliographyIndex

The central purpose of this volume is both to highlight the recent crises that Marxism has endured and to offer a number of ways to move Marxism beyond these challanges.Michael Arfken Marx & Philosophy Review of Books, 26 July 2011Recommended by CHOICE (September 2008)