Marxism and the Capitalist State

Towards a New Debate
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-36166-1
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 279 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 498 g

Reihe: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose

This book builds on the recent revival of interest in Marx and Marxism, calling for a renewal and refinement of Marxist state theory. It aims to provoke and encourage new debates and critiques that build on—but also update and extend—the rich tradition of Marxist analyses of the capitalist state, including the well-known debates of the 1970s. The chapters present a dynamic and diverse constellation of arguments and perspectives on a range of topics, from general re-appraisals of the capitalist state to investigations of contemporary challenges—including digitalisation, the ecological crisis, the coronavirus pandemic, social reproduction, and critical political economy. What they share is a commitment to an understanding of the specifically capitalist character of the modern state and its significance for any serious discussion of the causes of our current age of global catastrophe and the overcoming of capitalist social relations.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hunter, Rob

Khachaturian, Rafael

Nanopoulos, Eva

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Rechtssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Politische Soziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: “Thinking Capitalist States”
I. Enduring Debates
1. Rafael Khachaturian, “The Return of the Past: Critical Theories of the State and the Transition to Socialism”2. Igor Shoikhedbrod, “Towards a Renewed Marxist Theory of the State: A New Look at an Old Problem”3. Camila Vergara, “Rosa Luxemburg on Revolutionary Leadership and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat”4. Chris O’Kane, “Marxist State Theory and the Reproduction of Capitalist Society”
II. Volatile Conjunctures
5. Michael McCarthy, “Capitalist Democratic States and Social Power”6. Steve Maher and Scott Aquanno, “From Economic to Political Crisis: The State, Cor-porations, and Finance Since 2008”7. Alyssa Battistoni, “Zero-Carbon Democracy? State and Capital in the Age of Climate Change”8. Umut Özsu, “The Disastrous State of ‘International Disaster Law’”9. Nate Holdren, “Civil Subjects, Economic Objects: Law, the Reproduction of Capital-ism, and the Limits of Working-Class Civic Belonging”10. Sara Salem, “Entanglements of a Third Worldist State: Anti-colonial State-led Capi-talism and Its Discontents”
III. Emerging Critiques and Perspectives
11. Stuart Schrader, “Rethinking the Repressive Apparatus: The Absence of Police and Prisons in Marxist State Theory”12. Eva Nanopoulos, “To Embrace or To Reject: Marxism and the War Against COVID-19”13. Edward Rooksby, “Structural Reform, the Capitalist State, and Socialist Strategy”14. Kirstin Munro, “Social Reproduction Theory and the State”15. Honor Brabazon, “Revisiting the Transformative Potential of State Power”16. Rob Hunter, “Crisis and Catastrophe in the Constitution of the Capitalist State”

Über Autor(innen)

Rob Hunter holds a PhD in Politics from Princeton University, USA. He is a member of the Legal Form editorial collective. 

Rafael Khachaturian is a Lecturer in Critical Writing at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. 

Eva Nanopoulos is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Queen Mary, University of London, UK.