On The Formation Of Marxism

Jukka Gronow, Ph.D. (1986) is an emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Uppsala, Sweden. He has published monographs and articles on social theory, modern consumption and the history of the Soviet Union, including Caviar with Champagne (Berg 2000).

• Preface and AcknowledgementsIntroductionPART I: KAUTSKY’S MARXISM1. Organised Capitalism, the General Cartel and the Proletariat2. The Dispute over Revisionism3. The Theory of Immiseration, Socialist Consciousness and the Intellectuals4. Socialism as Science5. The Capitalist Law of Appropriation: Kautsky’s Interpretation of Karl Marx’s Economic Thought6. The Centralisation of Capital and Monopoly Formation7. Imperialism and the Relation between Industrial and Agrarian Countries8. Imperialism and Its Alternatives9. Imperialism as the Last Stage of Capitalism10. Theoretical Sources of Kautsky’s and Lenin’s Studies on Imperialism11. Imperialism as the Truth about Capitalism12. Parliamentary Democracy and Revolutionary Tactics13. The Question of Democracy and Dictatorship: Lenin’s Critique of Kautsky the RenegadePART II: MARX’S MARXISM14. The Immanent Critique and the Natural Rights Theory15. John Locke, Adam Smith and Karl Marx’s Critique of Private Property16. The Principle of Labour17. The Theory of Increasing Misery and the Critique of CapitalismConclusionBibliographyIndex