MARX200 IBD

Sinopsis

Marx200 examines the significance of Marxism for today&rsquo,s world. Leading scholars and activists from different countries &ndash, including Cuba, India and the UK &ndash, show thatááMarx&rsquo,s ideas continue to provide us with the analysis we need to understand our world today in order to change it.áThe relevance of Marx&rsquo,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.áThe leader of the Indian Communist Party, Sitaram Yechury, focuses on Marx&rsquo,s legacy 200 years on.Other wide-ranging topics demonstrating the relevance of Marxist ideas and approaches in the current climate include: &lsquo,neoliberalism, austerity and Marx&rsquo,, &rsquo,capitalism and new technology&rsquo,, &rsquo,Marxism and the environment&rsquo,, &lsquo,Marxism & Women&rsquo,,&rsquo,Marxism and culture&rsquo, as well as &lsquo,the role of the state&rsquo,, &lsquo,Marxism and the present as history&rsquo, and &lsquo,Populist nationalism&rsquo,.The book is based on a major international conference organised by the Marx Memorial Library to coincide with the 200tháanniversary of the birth of Karl Marx on 5 May 2018.Contents include:áINTRODUCTIONMARY DAVISMarx200 &ndash, The Significance of Marxism in the 21st CenturyJOHN McDONNELLMarx as a Force for Change TodayáBEN FINEMarx and Value: The Enigma Code for Contemporary CapitalismáDENISE CHRISTIEPublic before ProfitáVIJAY PRASHADEvery Form ofáWorking-Class ActivityáMARY DAVISWomen, Class and Gender: A Marxist-Feminist PerspectiveJOHN FOSTERHistory and Marx&rsquo,s MethodISABEL MONALThe Battle of Ideas and the Formation of ConsciousnessáDAVID McLELLANMarx&rsquo,s Materialist Conception of History: New PerspectivesáFRANCISCO DOMINGUEZMarxism and the Peculiarities of Indo-American SocialismáALAN F BLACKWELLArtificial Intelligenceáand the Abstraction ofáCognitive LabourURSULA HUWSThe Onward March of CommodificationCHRISTINE LINDEYBeing a Marxist Artist Under CapitalismáDAVID MARGOLIESLiterature andápolitical judgmentTED BENTONThe Ecological Marx?áJOHN O&rsquo,NEILLFrom Socialist Calculation to Political EcologyáSITARAM YECHURYMarxism as a forceáfor change todayá