Book: New Marxism after the 1970s
“New Marxism after the 1970s” is a book published by China Fortune Publishing House in 2022, written by Gao Yachun and Yan Renhe.
The new Marxist schools after the 1970s mainly include analytical Marxism, ecological Marxism, feminist Marxism , cultural Marxism, development theory Marxism, post-Marxism, postmodern Marxism.
212 pages
ISBN9787504771117
Introduction
In the 1970s, especially after the 1990s, the socialist movement fell into a low ebb worldwide. However, the study and promotion of Marxism did not fall into a low ebb, let alone stop. At the same time, a new “Marxism fever” and a variety of new Marxist schools appeared in developed countries and regions, such as “analytical Marxism”, “ecological Marxism”, “cultural Marxism”, “developmental Marxism”, “post-Marxism”, etc. This book mainly introduces the representatives of these five schools and their main viewpoints, so that we can keep abreast of the development of foreign Marxism and its theoretical dynamics, and understand the different theoretical perspectives and new explorations of these schools. The emergence of new Marxism confirms the strong vitality of Marxist doctrine to certain degree.
About the Authors
Gao Yachun, female, was born in Yushu City, Jilin Province in 1972. She holds a PhD in Philosophy from Renmin University of China and is currently an associate professor at the School of Marxism of Beijing Wuzi University. She is mainly engaged in the research of the sinicization of Marxism and foreign Marxism. She has published more than 20 papers in journals such as “Natural Dialectics Research”, “Jianghai Journal”, “Hebei Journal”, “Teaching and Research”, and “Journal of Tongji University”. She is the author of “Signs and Symbols – A Study on Baudrillard’s Critical Theory of Consumer Society” (Renmin Publishing House, 2007).
Yan Renhe, male, was born in Longjiang County, Heilongjiang Province in 1972. He holds a doctorate in civil and commercial law from Peking University. He is currently an associate professor and master’s tutor at the Law School of Beijing Wuzi University, mainly engaged in civil law research. He has published more than ten papers in core journals such as “Journal of Law”, “Qiushi Journal”, “Learning and Exploration”, and published monographs such as “Research on Compensation for Breach of Contract” and “Special Research on Property Law”.
Book Content
Chapter 1 Analytical Marxism
Section 1 Cohen’s Defense of Historical Materialism
I. Clarification of Basic Scope
2. The Primary Thesis of Productive Forces and the Thesis of Development
Section 2 Romer’s reconstruction of the general theory of exploitation
1. Romer’s definition of exploitation
2. Romer’s general theory of exploitation based on property relations
Section 3 Wright’s reconstruction of the general framework of class analysis
1. The General Framework of Romer-Wright Class Analysis
2. The New Middle Class Theory
III. Theory of the New Class Structure in Contemporary Capitalist Society
Chapter 2 Ecological Marxism
Section 1 William Rice’s new interpretation of the concept of “controlling nature”
1. The root causes of the ecological crisis
2. A new understanding of “controlling nature”
Section 2 Ben Agger’s Ecological Crisis Theory
1. The ecological crisis is the main crisis of contemporary capitalism
II. The main solutions to the ecological crisis of capitalism
Section 3 David Pepper’s Eco-Socialism
1. The historical materialism implications of Pepper’s eco-socialist thought
II. Construction of Ecological Socialism
Chapter 3 Cultural Marxism
Section 1 Jameson’s Cultural View of Late Capitalism
1. The Three-Stage Theory of the Development of Capitalist Culture
II. The Dominant Cultural Forms of Late Capitalism
Section 2 Characteristics of Jameson’s Late Marxist Theory
I. The Reality of Marxism
2. The Marxist Characteristics of Jameson’s Postmodern Cultural Criticism
Section 3 Baudrillard’s Critical Theory of Consumer Society
1. The rise of consumer society
2. Critique of the Political Economy of the Sign
Chapter 4 Marxism in Development Theory
Section 1 Samir Amin’s theory of “peripheral capitalism”
1. The Origin of Peripheral Capitalism
2. Characteristics of Peripheral Capitalism
III. The Stages of Development of Peripheral Capitalism
IV. The Social Form of Peripheral Capitalism
Section 2 Frank Gudrun’s Dependency-World System Theory
1. Development of underdevelopment
2. The structure of the master and satellite
3. World System Theory
Section 3 Wallerstein’s “World System Theory”
1. What is the “World System”?
2. The Structure of the World System
Chapter 5 Post-Marxism
Section 1 Derrida’s Deconstructionist Marxism
1. Deconstructionism and Marxism
2. Derrida’s inheritance of the critical spirit of Marxism
Section 2 Laclau and Mouffe’s “Leadership” (Hegemony) Theory and Radical Pluralist Democracy Theory
1. Theory of “Leadership” (Hegemony)
2. Radical Pluralist Democracy Theory
References
1. Ordinary books
2. Journals
III. Dissertations [1]