{"product_id":"dialectic-of-defeat-contours-of-western-marxism-paperback-9780521520171","title":"Dialectic of Defeat; Contours of Western Marxism (Paperback) 9780521520171","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDialectic of Defeat\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eContours of Western Marxism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRussell Jacoby asks us to reexamine a loser of Marxism: the unorthodox Marxism of Western Europe.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRussell Jacoby (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521520171, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 16 May 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e216 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 1.8 cm, 0.354 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eObserving that for both revolutionaries and capitalists, nothing succeeds like success, Russell Jacoby asks us to reexamine a loser of Marxism: the unorthodox Marxism of Western Europe. The author begins with a polemical attack on 'conformist' or orthodox Marxism, in which he includes structuralist schools. He argues that a cult of success and science drained this Marxism of its critical impulse and that the successes of the Russian and Chinese revolutions encouraged a mechanical and fruitless mimicry. He then turns to a Western alternative that neither succumbed to the spell of success nor obliterated the individual in the name of science. In the nineteenth century, this Western Marxism already diverged from Russian Marxism in its interpretation of Hegel and its evaluation of Engels' orthodox Marxism. The author follows the evolution of this minority tradition and its opposition to authoritarian forms of political theory and practice.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Conformist Marxism\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Marxism of Hegel and Engels\u003cbr\u003e 3. From philosophy to politics: the inception of Western Marxism I\u003cbr\u003e 4. From politics to philosophy: the inception of Western Marxism II\u003cbr\u003e 5. The subterranean years\u003cbr\u003e 6. Class unconsciousness\u003cbr\u003e Journal abbreviations used in notes\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Socialism \u0026amp; left-of-centre democratic ideologies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Socialism \u0026amp; left-of-centre democratic ideologies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Socialism%20\u0026amp;%20left-of-centre%20democratic%20ideologies%20%5BJPFF%5D%22\"\u003eJPFF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004616200472,"sku":"9780521520171","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521520171i_63edf8f0-fe99-4476-a311-d47b963eb0ba.jpg?v=1691383572","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/dialectic-of-defeat-contours-of-western-marxism-paperback-9780521520171","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}