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This book offers a reassessment politics against the predominating economicist approach to historical materialism within contemporary Marxism. Boito draws on the structural interpretation of Marxism inspired by Althusser’s works of the mid-1960s and, especially, by Poulantzas’ Political Power and Social Classes. The volume aims to demonstrate the role of the political dimension (together with the economy) and, to a further extent, to contribute to renew contemporary Marxist political theory. The chapters cover topics such as: the nature of political power; the structure and functions of the state; the role of politics in historical change; political crises; and the political formation of the working class. The book highlights the role of political structures and practices in the reproduction of economic and social relations and also in the process of historical change. The aim of the book is to contribute to the renewal of Marxist thought, breaking with the economicist conception that dominated it throughout the last century, and finally meeting the demands of the socialist struggle in the 21st century.

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Author:   Armando Boito
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2023
Weight:   0.508kg
ISBN:  

9783031220456

ISBN 10:   3031220455
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   25 March 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface First part: State, social classes and historical change Chapter 1. The capitalist state at the center: criticism of Michel Foucault's concept of power Chapter 2. The place of politics in Marxist theory of history Chapter 3. State and transition to capitalism: feudalism, absolutism and bourgeois political revolution Chapter 4. State and transition to socialism: was the Paris Commune a workers' power? Chapter 5. The concept of revolutionary crisis: 1789 Chapter 6. Political scene and class interests in capitalist society: Marx's analysis   Second part: Politics and economics in the formation of the working classes Chapter 7. Pre-capitalism, capitalism and worker resistance: notes for a theory of union action Chapter 8. The (difficult) formation of the working class Chapter 9. The constitution of the class proletariat in the Communist Party Manifesto Chapter 10. The exhaustion of the 20th century revolutionary cycle Chapter 11. Middle class and unionism Chapter 12. Citizenship and social classes  

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Armando Boito is Professor of Political Science at the State University of Campinas, Brazil. He is editor of the Brazilian journal Crítica Marxista. Among other books, he has published Reform and Political Crisis in Brazil:Class Conflicts in Workers' Party Governments and the Rise of Bolsonaro Neo-fascism (2021).

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