Overview
- Features a series of interviews with a number of prominent Marxist theorists and activists, offering diverse standpoints from different parts of the world
- Employs new theoretical approaches, based on clear definitions of the final goal of socialism
- Argues that capitalism is not sustainable in the long run, and that a post-capitalist society is possible when a counter-hegemony at different national and global levels can replace it with a superior socio-economic system
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“A brilliant gateway to some of the salient discussions on the left, orienting the reader with a map of left theory and politics as they stand today… this book is an open debate, refreshing in the originality of the answers it provides to perennial questions.” (Onur Acaroglu, Marx and Philosophy, marxandphilosophy.org.uk, April 05, 2019)
“For anyone who thinks, or fears, that ‘humanity cannot survive under capitalism’, as the renowned Indian analyst Aijaz Ahmad succinctly puts it in this remarkable book, the question of how a transition to socialism can be achieved has become even more urgent than when it was first posed almost 200 years ago. The twelve famous socialist thinkers and activists skilfully interviewed by Saeed Rahnema return answers to the question that are in many ways convergent – and free from dogma, historically rich, and honest.”(Colin Leys, Associate Editor, Socialist Register)
“Clarity about the movement toward socialism is vital in our period of increasing economic, political, and ecological crisis and transition. In Transition From Capitalism Saeed Rahnema has brought together some of the leading socialist thinkers of our time to address these vital issues. No one will agree with all of the points of view expressed here; everyone will gain from considering them.” (JohnBellamy Foster, Editor, Monthly Review)“What is more important today than connecting what is badly needed to what is possible and to what is already happening in some places with all the groups that are required to complete this long-in-coming TRANSITION to a better world? To bring together so many of the Left's leading thinkers to share their perspectives on this crucial subject and to present the results in what functions like a round-table discussion, highlighting the interaction between the participants, is a remarkable achievement for which Saeed Rahnema, deserves our special thanks. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.” (Bertell Ollman, Professor of Politics, New York University)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Transition from Capitalism
Book Subtitle: Marxist Perspectives
Editors: Saeed Rahnema
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43835-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82921-0Published: 29 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-43835-1Published: 29 December 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 208
Topics: Political Sociology, Political Economy/Economic Systems, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, International Political Economy, Comparative Politics