PortadaGruposCharlasMásPanorama actual
Buscar en el sitio
Este sitio utiliza cookies para ofrecer nuestros servicios, mejorar el rendimiento, análisis y (si no estás registrado) publicidad. Al usar LibraryThing reconoces que has leído y comprendido nuestros términos de servicio y política de privacidad. El uso del sitio y de los servicios está sujeto a estas políticas y términos.

Resultados de Google Books

Pulse en una miniatura para ir a Google Books.

Cargando...

Western Marxism and the Soviet Union: A Survey of Critical Theories and Debates Since 1917 (2007)

por Marcel van der Linden

Otros autores: Ver la sección otros autores.

MiembrosReseñasPopularidadValoración promediaConversaciones
332727,058 (4)Ninguno
The ?Russian Question ? was an absolutely central problem for Marxism in the twentieth century. Numerous attempts were made to understand the nature of Soviet society. The present book tries to portray the development of these theoretical contributions since 1917 in a coherent, comprehensive appraisal. It aims to present the development of the Western Marxist critique of the Soviet Union across a rather long period in history (from 1917 to the present) and in a large region (Western Europe and North America). Within this demarcation of limits in time and space, an effort has been made to ensure completeness, by paying attention to all Marxist analyses which in some way significantly deviated from or added to the older theories.… (más)
Cargando...

Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará.

Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro.

Mostrando 2 de 2
Generally pretty fascinating survey. The author does his best to explain each view in very limited space and generally does a good job (although sometimes the differences between some of the more similar views slipped by me). He also made me more sympathetic to the "ortho-Trot" viewpoints, which I realised I'd misunderstood for a while. Very different to the Cliffite stuff I'd been exposed to.

Special shout out to all the views based around "Asiatic despotism" or "the Asiatic mode of production" (primarily Wittfogel descendants - awful man) which take a very rough rarely mentioned point from Marx and extend it really far to produce a racist, orientalist view of socialist states which explains nothing at all and deliberately bends the facts to fit the absurd theory. Some of these people saw Russia becoming "Asiatic" through the invasion of the Mongols! Surely a valuable way of analysing the USSR in 1970.

The conclusion of "none of these theories work in terms of 'orthodox Marxism'" is basically the extent of explicit editorialising the author offers but it's not meant as a criticism necessarily but more something important to point out because trying to fit everything into a framework sketched out 150 years ago is really constricting and whether something is "orthodox Marxist" isn't very important - or rather, it shouldn't be, as long as the framework created afterwards is still consistent and a useful way of analysing society. The meta theoretical note in the appendix is actually quite thought provoking, even though it's only a few pages - just some notes on what a "political theory" consists of and how political theories are attacked and changed ( )
  tombomp | Oct 31, 2023 |
Marxist Explanations of the USSR

Though leftists (especially Marxists!) are as guilty of closing ranks when attacked by outsiders as anyone, they (again, most especially Marxists) were also well aware early on of the problematical nature of the USSR. Liberal leftists and trendy radicals, however (in my experience), were the easiest to dupe into believing that the USSR was a model to follow.

This excellent book gives a detailed history and discussion of the evolution of the Marxist critique of the Soviet Union. Is the USSR an example of 'State Capitalism' or is it merely a 'degenerated' workers' state? If the former then it is no longer an entity that Communists and the broader Left automatically need defend. If the latter? Well, rally round the red flag boys...

And what if it has an entirely new 'mode of production' with a 'new class' to boot? A new Mode of Production was often thought to be the worst possibility. If an entirely new economic formation arises -that is neither capitalist nor socialist (and it is also not a return to some earlier economic system)- then it was feared that Marxism, which does not predict any new mode of production (besides socialism), would be falsified. On the other hand, I think that any purported new class could be palmed off as being merely circumstantial by arguing that it parasitical on the real relations of production peculiar to the USSR in its unique situation, - and thus it is not theoretically decisive.

A New Mode of Production, I think, was always the beating heart of the matter. Thus, whether one called it an entirely new 'bureaucratic collectivism' or a reversion to pre-modern 'oriental despotism' the status of Marxist theory was equally thought to be in question. After all, even a reversion to an earlier economic mode of production might indicate that Marxist 'progressivism' had been falsified.

I know; being interested in this sort of thing is a confession of age. But back in the seventies we were all focused on these issues. Today, I fear it is only quaint. ( )
  pomonomo2003 | Apr 21, 2019 |
Mostrando 2 de 2
sin reseñas | añadir una reseña

» Añade otros autores

Nombre del autorRolTipo de autor¿Obra?Estado
Marcel van der Lindenautor principaltodas las edicionescalculado
Bendien, JurriaanTraductorautor secundarioalgunas edicionesconfirmado
Blackledge, PaulEditorautor secundarioalgunas edicionesconfirmado
Budgen, SebastienEditorautor secundarioalgunas edicionesconfirmado
Kouvelakis, StathisEditorautor secundarioalgunas edicionesconfirmado
Krätke, Michael R.Editorautor secundarioalgunas edicionesconfirmado
Miéville, ChinaEditorautor secundarioalgunas edicionesconfirmado
Reynolds, PaulEditorautor secundarioalgunas edicionesconfirmado
Thomas, PeterEditorautor secundarioalgunas edicionesconfirmado

Pertenece a las series editoriales

Debes iniciar sesión para editar los datos de Conocimiento Común.
Para más ayuda, consulta la página de ayuda de Conocimiento Común.
Título canónico
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés. Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Título original
Títulos alternativos
Fecha de publicación original
Personas/Personajes
Lugares importantes
Acontecimientos importantes
Películas relacionadas
Epígrafe
Dedicatoria
Primeras palabras
Citas
Últimas palabras
Aviso de desambiguación
Editores de la editorial
Blurbistas
Idioma original
DDC/MDS Canónico
LCC canónico

Referencias a esta obra en fuentes externas.

Wikipedia en inglés (1)

The ?Russian Question ? was an absolutely central problem for Marxism in the twentieth century. Numerous attempts were made to understand the nature of Soviet society. The present book tries to portray the development of these theoretical contributions since 1917 in a coherent, comprehensive appraisal. It aims to present the development of the Western Marxist critique of the Soviet Union across a rather long period in history (from 1917 to the present) and in a large region (Western Europe and North America). Within this demarcation of limits in time and space, an effort has been made to ensure completeness, by paying attention to all Marxist analyses which in some way significantly deviated from or added to the older theories.

No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca.

Descripción del libro
Resumen Haiku

Debates activos

Ninguno

Cubiertas populares

Enlaces rápidos

Valoración

Promedio: (4)
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4 3
4.5
5

¿Eres tú?

Conviértete en un Autor de LibraryThing.

 

Acerca de | Contactar | LibraryThing.com | Privacidad/Condiciones | Ayuda/Preguntas frecuentes | Blog | Tienda | APIs | TinyCat | Bibliotecas heredadas | Primeros reseñadores | Conocimiento común | 203,187,934 libros! | Barra superior: Siempre visible