Author: Marik, Soma
Title: Revolutionary Democracy / Emancipation in Classical Marxism
Description: Chicago, Haymarket Books, 2018, 1ste druk. 22,8 x 15,3 x 4,6 cm., Paperback. 528 pagina's . No images. ISBN/EAN: 9781608467297. Conditie: Very good, Zo goed als nieuw. Despite the claims of its ideological detractors, Marxism has always been unwavering in its commitment to the cause of democracy. In this wide- ranging and insightful work Soma Marik lays to rest the popularly accepted falsehood that Marxism is an indelibly authoritarian political project. This book challenges some of these unscrutinized generalizations and dismantles the popular equation between classical Marxism and Stalinist dictatorship. Marik argues that historically it was liberalism - the philosophical foundation of free-market capitalism - which set itself against popular rule, while Marxism, including Boshevism, was firmly aligned with democracy. What emerges from this study is a portrait of an emancipatory tradition centrally concerned with universal expansion of human freedom - including, but not limited to , the liberation of women and the expansion of democracy..

Keywords: geschiedenis


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