What's Left?: Marxism, Utopianism, and the Revolt against History

Author:   Jack Lawrence Luzkow
Publisher:   University Press of America
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9780761835455


Pages:   188
Publication Date:   14 September 2006
Format:   Paperback
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What's Left?: Marxism, Utopianism, and the Revolt against History


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The writings of Karl Marx explored the tensions between the laws of socialist science and a utopian longing for socialism; between a science of history and a prophetic hope based on moral and ethical ideals. His writings examined history and argued for the necessity of communism to achieve the moral ideal of utopia. Although Marx was the last great utopian, his work has been adapted in Russia and China to rationalize and justify totalitarian regimes, but it has also inspired Western utopian writers like Walter Benjamin, Herbert Marcuse, and Ernst Bloch. What's Left? Marxism, Utopianism and the Revolt against History, explores what remains of the Marxist and Utopian Left after the death of totalitarian utopianism and authoritarian state socialism and how Marxism still provides a powerful critique of present day globalization.

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Author:   Jack Lawrence Luzkow
Publisher:   University Press of America
Imprint:   University Press of America
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.281kg
ISBN:  

9780761835455


ISBN 10:   0761835458
Pages:   188
Publication Date:   14 September 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Jack Luzkow's book, What's Left? Marxism, Utopianism and the Revolt against History, offers a new and refreshing re-interpretation of Karl Marx. Just as important, Dr. Luzkow demonstrates that radical utopianism offers a way forward in a world that more and more appears to have no exit. -- Professor Ali Arshad


Jack Luzkow's book, What's Left? Marxism, Utopianism and the Revolt against History, offers a new and refreshing re-interpretation of Karl Marx. Just as important, Dr. Luzkow demonstrates that radical utopianism offers a way forward in a world that more and more appears to have no exit.--Professor Ali Arshad


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Jack Luzkow received his M.A. and Ph.D. in modern European history from Saint Louis University. He has held various appointments in academia at Union College, Marycrest College, and DePaul University and is currently at Fontbonne University. He has served on the editorial board of the National Social Science Journal and is the author of The Revenge of History: A Critique of Francis Fukuyama, and a number of scholarly articles.

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