Marx200 examines the significance of Marxism for today's world. Leading scholars and activists from different countries - including Cuba, India and the UK - show that Marx's ideas continue to provide us with the analysis we need to understand our world today in order to change it.
The relevance of Marx's contribution to political economy is discussed, as is Marxism and the ongoing battle of ideas. John McDonnell MP, Shadow Chancellor, writes about Marxism as a force for change in the 21st century. The leader of the Indian Communist Party, Sitaram Yechury, focuses on Marx's legacy 200 years on.
Other wide-ranging topics demonstrating the relevance of Marxist ideas and approaches in the current climate include: 'neoliberalism, austerity and Marx', 'capitalism and new technology', 'Marxism and the environment', 'Marxism & Women', 'Marxism and culture' as well as 'the role of the state', 'Marxism and the present as history' and 'Populist nationalism'.
The book is based on a major international conference organised by the Marx Memorial Library to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx on 5 May 2018.
Contents include:
INTRODUCTION
MARY DAVIS
Marx200 - The Significance of Marxism in the 21st Century
JOHN McDONNELL
Marx as a Force for Change Today
BEN FINE
Marx and Value: The Enigma Code for Contemporary Capitalism
DENISE CHRISTIE
Public before Profit
VIJAY PRASHAD
Every Form of Working-Class Activity
MARY DAVIS
Women, Class and Gender: A Marxist-Feminist Perspective
JOHN FOSTER
History and Marx's Method
ISABEL MONAL
The Battle of Ideas and the Formation of Consciousness
DAVID McLELLAN
Marx's Materialist Conception of History: New Perspectives
FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ
Marxism and the Peculiarities of Indo-American Socialism
ALAN F BLACKWELL
Artificial Intelligence and the Abstraction of Cognitive Labour
URSULA HUWS
The Onward March of Commodification
CHRISTINE LINDEY
Being a Marxist Artist Under Capitalism
DAVID MARGOLIES
Literature and political judgment
TED BENTON
The Ecological Marx?
JOHN O'NEILL
From Socialist Calculation to Political Ecology
SITARAM YECHURY
Marxism as a force for change today
