Matthew Johnson has taught at the University of Queensland and the University of Iceland and supervises Dissertations in Communication in Social and Economic Context at Berlin University of the Arts, Germany. He is a member of the Advisory Board for Studies in Marxism as well as the Editor-in-Chief of Global Discourse: A Developmental Journal of Research in Politics and International Relations. He is the author of A Theory of Cultural Evaluation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).

• Acknowledgements; Contributors; Introduction; Matthew Johnson; Chapter 1: What does it mean to be a Marxist?; Norman Geras; Chapter 2: An Image in a Curved Mirror: Pareto's Critique of Marxist Science; Joseph V. Femia; Chapter 3: Slavoj izek's Theory of Revolution: A Critique; Alan Johnson; Chapter 4: How to Not Read izek; Paul Bowman; Chapter 5: Marxism and Development: A Search for Relevance; Ronaldo Munck; Chapter 6: Progress, Anti-isms and Revolutionary Subjects: The Importance of Transcending Liberalism; Matthew Johnson; Chapter 7: Marx, Morality, and the Global Justice Debate; Lawrence Wilde; Chapter 8: Can Marxism Make Sense of Crime?; Mark Cowling; Chapter 9: Sinicized Marxist Constitutionalism: Its Emergence, Contents, and Implications; Andrew (Chengyi) Peng; Chapter 10: Varieties of Constitutionalism: A Response to 'Sinicized Marxist Constitutionalism' by Chengyi (Andrew) Peng; Terrell Carver; Chapter 11: 'Revolutionary subjectivity in post-Marxist thought: the case of Laclau and Badiou'; Oliver Harrison; Chapter 12: 'Post' or 'Past'?: Does Post-Marxism Have Any Future?; Stuart Sim.

"This excellent collection provides a wide-ranging and clearly-written introduction of the relevance of Marxism to contemporary debates. It is a rare pleasure to find an edited book where all the contributions are of an equally high quality. Centering around the relationship of Marxism to liberalism, it is essential reading for all students of the social sciences." - David McLellan, Professor of Political Theory, Goldsmiths College, University of London