Anderson, Perry
Considerations on Western Marxism
- ISBN 13:
- 9780860917205
- author:
- Anderson, Perry
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Verso
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1976
- Pages:
- 140
- Dimensions:
- 21.1 x 14 x 1 cm
- Genre:
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism & Socialism
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Considerations on Western Marxism is a comprehensive essay that explores the development of Marxist theory in Western Europe after the 1920s. This work focuses on key thinkers such as Lukács, Korsch and Gramsci, Adorno, Marcuse and Benjamin, Sartre and Althusser, and Della Volpe and Colletti.
The book examines the theoretical production of each thinker in relation to both working-class struggles and cultural mutations of bourgeois thought. It compares the philosophical antecedents of various schools within Western Marxism, including Lukácsian, Gramscian, Frankfurt, Sartrean, Althusserian and Della Volpean perspectives.
The author assesses the structural unity of 'Western Marxism', contrasting its heritage with that of classical Marxism and identifying the commanding problems that will confront any historical materialism to succeed it. This nuanced analysis provides a valuable insight into the evolution of Marxist thought in Western Europe from 1920 to 1975.
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